"When God gave men tongues, he never dreamed that they would want to talk about the Himalayas; there are consequently no words in the world to do it with."

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Source : Sara Jeannette Duncan, Thomas E. Tausky (1893). “The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib”, New York : D. Appleton and Company

Sara Jeannette Duncan

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