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LAW & HISTORY > scholar, explorer > Richard Francis Burton
Do what thy...
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Do what thy manhood bids thee do,
From none but self expect applause:
He noblest lives and noblest dies
Who makes and keeps his self-made laws.
Source: The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yazdi, pt. VIII, st. 37.
-- Richard Francis Burton, (Mar 19 1821-1890), English scholar, explorer; He was the first European to discover Lake Tanganyika and to penetrate hitherto-forbidden Muslim cities; published 43 volumes on his explorations.