O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou…

Dante Alighieri
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O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall? ✨ Dante Alighieri (1919). The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri
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