Earl of Kenmare - The Browne Line

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“Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.”
—Thomas Browne (1605–1682)

“There’s something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself. It’s another thing, though, to hold up that cloth for inspection.”
—John Gregory Brown (20th century)