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Poverty is such a relative thing; but no man is really poor till life becomes a desert island that gives him neither food nor shelter nor hope.

Henry Vollam Morton

Behind everything in London is something else, and, behind that, is something else still; and so on through the centuries, so that London as we see her is only the latest manifestation of other Londons, and to lover her is to plunge into ancestor-worship.

Henry Vollam Morton

In the dusk of a lane I met a shepherd with his sheep. A small dog with the expression of a professor of mathematics does all the work.

Henry Vollam Morton

Henry Vollam Morton

Henry Vollam Morton

Born: July 26, 1892

Died: June 18, 1979 (aged 86)

Bio: Henry Canova Vollam Morton was a journalist and pioneering travel writer from Lancashire, England. He was best known for his prolific and popular books on London, Great Britain and the Holy Land.

Known for:

In Search of England (1927)
In the Steps of St. Paul (1936)
In Search of Scotland (1929)
In the Steps of the Master (1934)
A Traveller in Rome (1957)

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