It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own. (Ben Jonson)

It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own.

Ben Jonson

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