markinbelfast Posted 13 November , 2005 Share Posted 13 November , 2005 Listened to a radio show today where someone who was walking around a cemetery looked at the graves and wondered if the man who had the cure for cancer lay buried there..possibly beside the worlds greatest author....something that I've never thought of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevew Posted 13 November , 2005 Share Posted 13 November , 2005 Very interesting comment. It's usually looked at from the other perspective - what if a certain German corporal had been killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveBrigg Posted 14 November , 2005 Share Posted 14 November , 2005 Raymond Asquith, awarded four scholarships at Oxford, and 'often written of as the most brilliant man of his generation'. A.A. Milne said 'I thought of him then, and have never ceased to think, the most brilliant man I have ever met.' Killed at the Somme, serving with the Grenadier Guards. It gets worse when you consider the children who would have had their chance in this world, if only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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