Quote#Nature
My father died shortly after I was twenty-one; and being left well…
Quote byEdward Bulwer-Lytton · 1803–1873
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Coming Race (1870), Chapter I.
English (original)
My father died shortly after I was twenty-one; and being left well off, and having a taste for travel and adventure, I resigned, for a time, all pursuit of the almighty dollar, and became a desultory wanderer over the face of the earth.
— Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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