Alfred E. Smith

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    These, in the day when heaven was falling,
    The hour when earth’s foundations fled,
    Followed their mercenary calling
    And took their wages and are dead.
    —A.E. (Alfred Edward)

    Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.
    —Sydney Smith (1771–1845)