Edgar Rice Burroughs quote: There was one slight, desperate chance, and that I decided I must take--it was for Dejah Thoris, and no man ...

There was one slight, desperate chance, and that I decided I must take--it was for Dejah Thoris, and no man has lived who would not risk a thousand deaths for such as she.

~ Edgar Rice Burroughs ~

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