Sir Barnes Wallis

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    “This is no Sir Galahad who lives from afar. This is a two- legged boa constrictor.”
    —John Lee Mahin (1902–1984)

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    Sweet is the shade below your silent tree,”
    —William Barnes (1801–1886)

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    —William Dunbar (c. 1465–c. 1530)