Thursday, 25 January 2007

Makes you want reincarnation be true

I heard a great story on the radio this week about William Beveridge, the man whose 1942 report on building a better Britain after the war recommended government should tackle the great evils of 'want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness.'

Apparently he kept working well into his eighties, always taking on new jobs. Right at the end he sat up, said 'I've a thousand things to do,' and died.

I hope I've still got a thousand things to do when my time comes.

Saltaire Sam

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