"I cannot assume emotions I do not feel, and must describe Jerusalem as I found it. Since being here, I have read the accounts of several travellers, and in many cases the devotional rhapsodies - the ecstacies of awe and reverence - in which they indulge, strike me as forced and affected."

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Bayard Taylor was an American poet, literary critic, translator, and travel writer of the 19th century. He was known for extensive travel narratives and literary work in American periodicals.

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