Kenneth

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“And one is of an old half-witted sheep
Which bleats articulate monotony,”
—James Kenneth Stephen (1859–1892)

“An ... important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality. Superficial observers have long criticized the United States for making a fetish of youth. This is unfair. Uniquely among modern organs of public and private administration, its national legislature rewards senility.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)

“Will there never come a season
Which shall rid us from the curse
Of a prose which knows no reason
And an unmelodious verse:”
—James Kenneth Stephen (1859–1892)