Colonel Moses

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    The Colonel went out sailing,
    He spoke with Turk and Jew
    With Christian and with Infidel
    For all tongues he knew.
    “O what’s a wifeless man?” said he
    And he came sailing home.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    Not since Moses has anyone seen a mountain so greatly.
    Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926)