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Thought for the day
And sings a solitary song That whistles in the wind.
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- 2008 The Other Hand by Chris Cleave
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Photo credits
- Edward Rose: E. Wilson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Stanley J. Weyman: uncredited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Dornford Yates: George Charles Beresford, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- John Birmingham: CraigPRichmond, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Caroline Grosvenor: after Mary Caroline Milbanke (died 1941), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Basil Hood: Alexander Bassano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized