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Quotation from The Alexiad by Anna Komnene
“he gave servants to every maimed man and the same care to the halt as to the healthy.”
The Alexiad, Book XV, trans. Elizabeth A. S. Dawes
From the description of the Orphanage Alexios founded in Constantinople, after Anna notes that only Christ could make the blind see and the lame walk.
Citation: "he gave servants to every maimed man and the same care to the halt as to the healthy." — Anna Komnene, The Alexiad, Book XV, trans. Elizabeth A. S. Dawes. (id anna-komnene-alexiad-q7)
Portrait: Anna Komnene (cropped), Unknown, Public domain.
