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Quotation from Lepanto by G. K. Chesterton
“It is he that saith not 'Kismet'; it is he that knows not Fate; It is Richard, it is Raymond, it is Godfrey in the gate!”
Lepanto, Stanza 5 (Poems, 1915)
Mahound warns his spirits that the voice of the First and Third Crusades has returned in Don John.
Citation: "It is he that saith not 'Kismet'; it is he that knows not Fate; It is Richard, it is Raymond, it is Godfrey in the gate!" — G. K. Chesterton, Lepanto, Stanza 5 (Poems, 1915). (id lepanto-q3)
Portrait: The Battle of Lepanto, 7 October 1571, Unidentified painter, Public domain.
