Sir John Scott

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    What a treat to hear Thy Word
    Where the bones of leading statesmen,
    Have so often been interred.
    Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    When John Henry was a little fellow,
    You could hold him in the palm of your hand,
    He said to his pa, “When I grow up
    I’m gonna be a steel-driving man.
    Gonna be a steel-driving man.”
    —Unknown. John Henry (l. 1–5)

    No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
    —F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)