“Whosoever in writing a modern history shall follow the truth too near the heels it may haply strike out his teeth.”
Quote by Walter Raleigh
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Walter Raleigh
Walter Raleigh was an English writer, explorer, soldier, and politician. He is renowned for his poetry, such as 'The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd', and his involvement in the establishment of the Roanoke Colony in North America. Raleigh served as a courtier to Elizabeth I and later became a favorite of King James I. more
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