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I have a (printed) copy of "The Enlightments of Pagett, M.P." in "The One Volume Kipling - Authorized" published by Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc in 1928, and which has a small preface signed by RK. The quote from Burke is as follows: "Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink while thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field—that, of course, they are many in number—or that, after all, they are other than the little, shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome insects of the hour."—Burke: "Reflections on the Revolution in France" With best regards David Page Harrow UK __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com