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All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness. Mark Raymond Kennedy		Saturday Apr 18, 2026
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About Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton)

	Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton)
	(1809-1885) The Men of Old.

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The beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard.

I wandered by the brookside, I wandered by the mill; I could not hear the brook flow, The noisy wheel was still.

Great thoughts, great feelings came to them, Like instincts, unawares.

But on and up, where Nature's heart Beats strong amid the hills.

Among the many things he has requested of me to-night, this is the principal,that on his gravestone shall be this inscription.

A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.

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