Sir John Franklin

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    “And is it true? And is it true,
    This most tremendous tale of all,
    Seen in a stained-glass window’s hue,
    A Baby in an ox’s stall?
    The Maker of the stars and sea
    Become a Child on earth for me?”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate,
    That few but such as cannot write, translate.”
    —John, Sir Denham (1615–1669)

    “There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment—and nothing more corrupting.”
    —A.J.P. (Alan John Percivale)