Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Vain Plans for Improvement
Walter Savage Landor, "William Penn and Lord Peterborough," Imaginary Conversations, Vol. III (London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1909), pp. 9-123 (at 97):
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Penn. Such, alas, is the world! May we not improve it?
Peterborough. May you not turn wolves into fawns, thistles into wheat, granite into peas and clover? Try this first.
