The Noble in the high place, the Ignoble in the low; that is, in all times and in all countries, the Almighty Maker's Law. (Thomas Carlyle)

The Noble in the high place, the Ignoble in the low; that is, in all times and in all countries, the Almighty Maker's Law.

Thomas Carlyle

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