For what can be imagined more beautiful than the sight of a perfectly …

Mark Helprin
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For what can be imagined more beautiful than the sight of a perfectly just city rejoicing in justice alone. ✨ Mark Helprin (1983). Winter's Tale, p.337, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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For what can be imagined more beautiful than the sight of a perfectly just city rejoicing in justice alone. ✨ Mark Helprin (1983). Winter's Tale, p.337, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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