David Turned

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“Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half-witted with the half- witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“See him, when starved to death and turned to dust,
Presented with a monumental bust!
The poet’s fate is here in emblem shown:
He asked for bread, and he received a stone.”
—Samuel Wesley (1691–1739)