Language Quote by Ridgely Torrence

“Of all the languages of the earth in which the human kind confer; The Master Speaker is the Tear: its the Great Interpreter.” quote by Ridgely Torrence — Download Open image

“Of all the languages of the earth in which the human kind confer; The Master Speaker is the Tear: its the Great Interpreter.”

Ridgely Torrence

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