It is one of the consolations of middle aged reformers that the good t…

Hector Hugh Munro
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It is one of the consolations of middle aged reformers that the good that they inculcate must live after them if it is to live at all. ✨ 'Beasts and Super-Beasts' (1914) 'The Byzantine Omelette'
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