Craftsmanship Quote by Edward Gibbon

““These overtures of peace, translated into the servile and flattering language of Asia, were transmitted to the camp of the Great King; who resolved to signify, by an ambassador, the terms which he was inclined to grant to the suppliant Romans.””

Edward Gibbon

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