Lieutenant Colonel Paine

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    The Colonel went out sailing,
    He spoke with Turk and Jew
    With Christian and with Infidel
    For all tongues he knew.
    “O what’s a wifeless man?” said he
    And he came sailing home.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.
    —Thomas Paine (1737–1809)