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Old 10-05-2011, 07:26 PM   #553
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Originally Posted by Ivas View Post
The wife says it is a pearl of wisdom from Robert Louis Stevenson. As a boy in 1963 I visited Edinburgh, Scotland for family reasons with my grandmother. His tomb was the first I had ever seen, it's in a cathedral there. I was fascinated that a real dead body was somewhere inside that sculpted monument. I had recently read his story of "Kidnapped" as well as "Treasure Island". It was highly cool.

New quote, it is only a partial, I forget the earlier part. "And cursèd be he who moves my bones."
Shakespeare...

Not sure if this one has been in here before, not going back to read every page...

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