Those of us who are sometimes apt to belittle the Orient and all its works may think differently if we recollect that when this same King of Lanka was building palaces, baths, Dagobas, and other monumental structures which are, to-day, the pride of Ceylon, Britain was still inhabited by painted savage.
Taken from: Green Aisles written by D.J. Hennesy, first published in 1949, edited by R.L. Spittel, C.B.E



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