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"Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination."

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"Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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