Not only was Thebes built by the music of an Orpheus; but without the music of some inspired … - Thomas Carlyle

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They (#ISIS) are going to be bombing American cities coming across from Mexico.

Thomas Carlyle

Not only was Thebes built by the music of an Orpheus; but without the music of some inspired Orpheus was no city ever built, no work that man glories in ever done.

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