Altiora Peto: A Novel (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Oliphant, Laurence

9780331978643: Altiora Peto: A Novel (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0331978644 ISBN 13: 9780331978643

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I overheard Lord Grandchamp say to Sark, 'why, my dear Sark, the Clymer is not a patch upon her, Why, that's perfectly splendid you look something between a medieval saint and a dowager empress.

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Laurence Oliphant (1829 1888) was a Scotch writer and traveler, Christian mystic, and active supporter of the return of the Jews to Israel. He traveled widely and, from 1865 to 1867, was a member of parliament. During the Russo-Turkish War (1878) he began to take an interest in the Holy Land and Jewish settlement there, in a blending of political, economical, and mystical religious considerations. Oliphant eventually settled in Haifa, where he engaged in religious and mystic contemplation. His writings include "Land of Gilead" (1880) and "Haifa, or Life in Modern Palestine" (1887).

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