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“Denning had a mind like a battleship. Most ideas simply bounced off his hull. When an idea of sufficient caliber penetrated his armour, it was treated as a calamity. The HMS Ignorance’s crew frantically worked to seal off bulkheads, dog hatches, and do all they could to keep intelligent thought from ricocheting through his mind and doing any more damage.”
Nathan H. Green, My Late Life
“By unspoken covenant with God, I had agreed to feel the proper amount of shame for my sins, and God had agreed to make only such protests as were necessary for propriety’s sake.”
Nathan H. Green, My Late Life
“I do attempt not to judge by vice; those scales would be too loaded if turned in my direction.”
Nathan H. Green, My Late Life
“This is the problem with greatness: it is a summit from which all paths lead downwards, and one cannot stay atop it forever. At least the depths of Hell had Heaven above them, a goal, as difficult as it might seem.”
Nathan H. Green, My Late Life
“There are certain facts that men spend a great deal of time clothing and positioning so as not to cause too great a distress to the listener.”
Nathan H. Green, My Late Life

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