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As to Melford, friend Bateman had accepted the incumbency of a church in a manufacturing town with a district of 10,000 souls, where he was full of plans for the introduction of the surplice and gilt candlesticks among his people
Newman, Loss and Gain
June 22, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Oh, that wins my ‘Apt Newman Quotation of the Month’ award.