Charles Stuart Calverley

Charles Stuart Calverley ( /ˈkɑːvərlɪ/; December 22, 1831 – February 17, 1884) was an English poet and wit. He was the literary father of what has been called "the university school of humour".

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    Tell me, Grinder, if thou grindest
    Always, always out of tune.
    —Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884)

    As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever renewing fight for ascendancy in the affairs of mankind, human beings must be willing, when need is, to do battle for the one against the other.
    —John Stuart Mill (1806–1873)

    Grinder, who serenely grindest
    At my door the Hundredth Psalm,
    —Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884)