“When these Australians captured the ancient city of Damascus, and handed it over to the Arabs, the Arabian Army had reached the goal of its ambition, because Damascus, as you will recall, was the ancient capital of the old Arabian Empire. When Lawrence and his Arabs entered the gates of Damascus and proceeded along this street called ‘Straight,’ there was just on name on the lips of these hundreds of thousands of people who lined the bazaars — It was the name of the young archaeologist who had freed Holy Arabia.”
-Lowell Thomas
“With Lawrence in Arabia” (1919)
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