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Excerpt from The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan
Persia does not change; as it was in Morier's time, so it is in the present day.' On the editor's first starting for Teheran, a copy of the edition of 1835 was placed in his hands by a kind friend, with the remark, When you have read this, you will know more about Persia and the Persians than you would if you had lived there with your eyes open for twenty years; and though the recipient of the book has had unusual Opportunities of observing Persia and the Persians, he is compelled to confess that' the prediction was fulfilled.
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