Quoting Lord George Curzon, 1899

As I sat daily in my room, and saw that range of snowy battlements uplifted against the sky […] I felt it should be the business of Englishmen, if of anybody, to reach the summit.
— Lord George Curzon, 1899 (via)

11:35am on June 26, 2024 from Albania


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                creator: Lord George Curzon
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                note: Gazing at the Himalayan horizon from the hill station of Simla in 1899. Curzon later became the viceroy of India
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