BETTER THAN OMAR
Sir Mortimer Duvand, at the Coyal Society of Arts, I/>ndon, recently, to* liiteci 'ait foterview ho once had with S!«h Na-sir-ttd-)ji».. "I went to :seo the monaroli to ask him to rcstcrp tlio grave of Oinnr Kliayyam, tho l>'S-in pact," lio -said, "The Shall said, '!)o you n'rea.n to tell mo tliero rs a society eottiresofcid with Oiftar Ktiayyaui ill !;ondon J said tbcro was. and tlio shall replied, 'Why, ho has leer, df-a.l a tiiousand years.' 1 .idmitted ffjat tvas a, long t'inve, and the ijliab said, wo IraVO h:ul a great mauv better poets thaii Omar Kiniyyant in Persia, utid indeed I myse.lt—awl tbenhestov-ped.' •
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2138, 2 May 1914, Page 2
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109BETTER THAN 0MAR Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2138, 2 May 1914, Page 2
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