Pilot Frederick Brown

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    “The river knows the way to the sea;
    Without a pilot it runs and falls,
    Blessing all lands with its charity.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “But since ‘tis only Fred,
    Who was alive and is dead,
    There’s no more to be said.”
    —Unknown. On Prince Frederick (l. 11–13)

    “Whippersnapper clerks
    Call us out of our name
    We got to say mister
    To spindling boys”
    —Sterling Allen Brown (b. 1901)