“Tis not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in which doth the harm.”
(Francis Bacon, 1561 – 1626)
John Lentell
9th July, 1969
Month: February 2011
Monday’s Piece
“The world is governed by go-betweens. These go-betweens influence the persons with whom they carry on intercourse by stating their sense to each of them as the sense of the other; and thus they reciprocally master both sides.”
(Edmund Burke, 1729 – 1797)
John Lentell
8th July ,1969
Sunday’s Piece
“Next door to the ministers, in less spectacular rooms, are the permanent secretaries. The contrast with their ‘masters’ is immediately obvious.The secretaries are, above all, anonymous……With many senior civil servants anonymity is a passion as gripping as fame is for their masters……”
(From Anatomy of Britain by Anthony Sampson, 1926 – 2004)
John Lentell
7th July, 1969
Saturday’s Piece
“Almighty God, who has given us this good land for our heritage: We humbly beseech thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will. Bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning, and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord and confusion, from pride and arrogancy, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues.”
(Taken from ‘Testament of Experience‘ by Vera Britain, 1893 – 1970)
John Lentell
6th July, 1969
Friday’s Piece
“A doctor examining an attractive new patient carefully, beamed, “Mrs. Atherton, I’ve got some good news for you.”
The patient said, “Pardon me, it’s Miss Atherton.”
“Oh,” said the doctor, “Well Miss Atherton, I’ve got bad news for you.””
John Lentell
5th July, 1969
Thursday’s Piece
I think of the Spirit of Reasonableness as the highest and sanest ideal of culture, and the reasonable man as the highest type of cultivated human being. No one can be perfect; he can only aim at being a likeable, reasonable being…..The Reasonable Age, if that should ever come about, will be the Age of Peace…..”
(The Importance of Living by Lin Yutang, 1895 – 1976)
John Lentell
4th July, 1969
Wednesday’s Piece
“We know how careless nature is of the lives of individuals; we have seen how careless she is of eminent families – how they are built up, flourish, and decay.: just the same may be said of races……”.
(From Hereditary Genius, published in 1869 by Francis Galton, 1822 – 1911)
John Lentell
3rd July, 1969
Tuesday’s Piece
“…….Gentile, Jew, nor brown, nor white
By birth alone are wholly right.
My son, despise not race or clan;
Pass judgement only on the man,
Make friends or enemies by deeds,
Never by boundaries or creeds.”
(Edgar Guest, 1881 – 1959)
John Lentell
2nd July, 1969
Lentell Soup 