Similar Quantities

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“I perceive that God is no respecter of persons.”
—Bible: New Testament Acts, 10:34.

Said by Peter at Caesarea; similar wording is found in Romans 2:11: “There is no respect of persons with God.”

“The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking close at hand:
They wept like anything to see
Such quantities of sand:
“If this were only cleared away,”
They said, “it would be grand!”
“If seven maids with seven mops
Swept it for half a year,
Do you suppose,” the Walrus said,
“That they could get it clear?”
“I doubt it,” said the Carpenter,
And shed a bitter tear.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)