John Burdon Sanderson

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    I wish I had the voice of Homer
    To sing of rectal carcinoma.
    —J.B.S. (John Burdon Sanderson)

    There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment—and nothing more corrupting.
    —A.J.P. (Alan John Percivale)

    While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.
    —J.B.S. (John Burdon Sanderson)