Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

DESCRIPTION: "Let us now praise famous men, Ancients of the college, For they taught us common sense -- Tried to teach us common sense— Truth and God’s Own Common Sense Which is more than knowledge!" They beat the students with rods; bless their good work
AUTHOR: Rudyard Kipling (in Stalky & Co.)
EARLIEST DATE: 1899 (publication of Stalky & Co.)
KEYWORDS: injury | fame teacher
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, pp. 58, "Let us now praise famous men" (2 fragments)
Roud #25492
NOTES [23 words]: This is the epigraph to Stalky & Co., with no real title. The book is of course in print, and is also available on Project Gutenberg. - RBW
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