Sir William Jones

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    “And down in fathoms many went the captain and the crew;
    Down went the owners—greedy men whom hope of gain
    allured:
    Oh, dry the starting tear, for they were heavily insured.”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “Well! If the Bard was weather-wise, who made
    The grand old ballad of Sir Patrick Spence,”
    —Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)

    “I have never had a vote, and I have raised hell all over this country. You don’t need a vote to raise hell! You need convictions and a voice!”
    —Mother Jones (1830–1930)