Sir Richard Saltonstall

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    “Sir Richard cried in his English pride,
    ‘We have fought such a fight for a day and a night
    As may never be fought again!
    We have won great glory, my men!
    And a day less or more
    At sea or ashore,
    We die—does it matter when?”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humour. He will always use it in evidence against you.”
    —Herbert, Sir Beerbohm (1853–1917)

    “When a man of genius is denied of his great love, he goes mad. His brain, instead of being clear to do his work, is tortured, so he begins to think of torture. Torture for those who have tortured him.”
    —David Boehm, and Louis Friedlander. Dr. Richard Vollin (Bela Lugosi)