Quote#World
Now all the world is wonderful, but surely among its countries there…
Quote byH. Rider Haggard · 1856–1925
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Treasure of the Lake (1926), CHAPTER I, KANEKE'S TALE.
English (original)
Now all the world is wonderful, but surely among its countries there is none more so than Africa; no, not even China the unchanging, or India the ancient. For this reason, I think: those great lands have always been more or less known to their own inhabitants, whereas Africa, as a whole, from the beginning was and still remains unknown.
— H. Rider Haggard
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