Sir Nicholas

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“We are as near to heaven by sea as by land.”
—Humphrey, Sir Gilbert (c.1537–1583)

“Whatever qualities [Tsar Nicholas I] may have shown in his own kingly profession, it must be admitted that in his dealings with the Russian Muse he was at the worst a vicious bully, at the best a clown.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)