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Friday the 13th.
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This morning my old friend,
George Kingsley,
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was conducting his class
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at the University
of Newcastle...
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And in 1547
Sir Joshua Peachtree wrote:
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"Thou who breakest glass
will find
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"Fate can be,
oh, most unkind
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"Under ladder walkest thee,
most unlucky thou wilt be
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"Each dread Friday
do take care
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Else thou fallest
down the stair."
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And with that little epic,
Sir Joshua proved
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that he was a poet
of the first rank.
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In fact, I should say,
he possibly was
the rankest poet
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That England ever turned out.
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Just a moment, please.
Just a moment.
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This being
the end of the semester,
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I have an announcement
to make
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that I'm sure will give you
a great deal of pleasure,
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although I myself
am sorry to tell you
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that I may not be with you
next term.
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Today I must leave
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to appear before
the inquisitional board
of regents
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of a very large university
in the east.
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Very large university indeed.
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How many the dunce
that has been sent to Rome,
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excels the dunce
that must stay at home.
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I sincerely hope
the board does not like me.
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I'll try and be back
next term.
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Oh, my umbrella.
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Dr. Kingsley.
Yes, dear.
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I wish you
the best of luck,
but...
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Thank you.
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We hope to see you
next semester, Doctor.
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Hurry, Professor.
Dad will be waiting
to take us to the station.
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Have a good trip, Professor.
Hurry back.
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Thank you very much.
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Professor.
Yes, John.
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English won't seem
the same without you.
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Well, that's very nice of you.
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Come on, Professor.
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You know, Jean,
I'm going to miss all this.
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But most of all,
I'm going to miss your father.
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A brilliant man, Jean.
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It distresses me
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to think that
such a great brain surgeon
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should be so utterly wasted
in Newcastle.