"Let observation with extensive view Survey mankind, from China to Peru."
— Samuel Johnson

January 1, 1970

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Line 1; comparable to: "All human race, from China to Peru, Pleasure, howe'er disguis'd by art, pursue", Thomas Warton, Universal Love of Pleasure