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Here are the quotations for next week, 11th to 17th March. 1. …They have no law. They are outcaste. They have no speech of their own but use the stolen words which they overhear when they listen, and peep, and wait up above in the branches. Their way is not our way. They are without leaders. They have no remembrance. They boast and chatter and pretend that they are a great people about to do great affairs in the jungle, but the falling of a nut turns their mind to laughter and all is forgotten… 2. …In a raucous voice he cried aloud little matters, like the hope of Honour and the dream of Glory, that boys do not discuss even with their most intimate equals; cheerfully assuming that, till he spoke, they had never considered these possibilities. He pointed them to shining goals, with fingers which smudged out all radiance on all horizons. He profaned the most secret places of their souls with outcries and gesticulations. He bade them consider the deeds of their ancestors in such fashion that they were flushed to their tingling ears… 3. …he stamped his foot. 'Tell them' he cried, 'that if a hair of any one of their heads is touched by any official on any account whatever, all England shall ring with it. Good God ! What callous oppression ! The dark places of the earth are full of cruelty.' He wiped his face, and throwing out his arms cried: 'Tell them, oh ! tell the poor serfs not to be afraid of me. Tell them I come to redress their wrongs - not, heaven knows, to add to their burden. ' The long-drawn gurgle of the practised public speaker pleased them much… ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The sources of this week's quotations (4th to 10th March), as a number of people have pointed out, were: 1. 'In the Same Boat' in 'A Diversity of Creatures' 2. 'Wireless' in 'Traffics and Discoveries' 3. 'Unprofessional' in 'Limits and Renewals'. Good wishes to all, John R