William A. Stone
William Alexis Stone (April 18, 1846 – March 1, 1920) was the 22nd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1899 to 1903.
Read more about William A. Stone: Early Life, Appointments, Congress and Pennsylvania Governorship, In Memoriam
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“An illiterate king is a crowned ass.”
—Medieval English proverb.
Said by the chronicler William of Malmesbury to have been much used by King Henry I of England (1068-1135)
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