Quote#Death
Have pity on my simplicity, for I am but a mortal
Quote byJ. E. Casely Hayford · 1866–1930
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ethiopia Unbound: Studies in Race Emancipation (1911), Kwamankra to Mansa, p. 59.
English (original)
Have pity on my simplicity, for I am but a mortal.
— J. E. Casely Hayford
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