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There is a well-known story about the late Archbishop Temple, that he once had to listen to a sermon by a youthful and inexperienced clergyman, and to dine with him afterwards ; the young man, by way of making conversation during the meal, ventured to remark, “I think, my lord, that I chose a good text for my sermon”. Instantly there came the grim reply, “There was nothing wrong with the text”. It may be that the consequence of my having selected a seductive title which does not possess a very close connection with the actual subject of my address will be that, when we adjourn presently, I may get the impression that my audience has consisted entirely of archbishops.
Presidential Address to the Mathematical Association, 1933.
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Watson, G.N. (2004). The Marquis and the Land-Agent; A Tale of the Eighteenth Century. In: Pi: A Source Book. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4217-6_30
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