I wrote my name at the top of the page. I wrote down
the number of the question "1". After much reflection I
put a bracket round it thus "(1)". But thereafter I
could not think of anything connected with it that was
either relevant or true.
-- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), My Early Life (1930) ch. 2
the number of the question "1". After much reflection I
put a bracket round it thus "(1)". But thereafter I
could not think of anything connected with it that was
either relevant or true.
-- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), My Early Life (1930) ch. 2
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