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...certainly not a nation of nitwits," said the nimble-witted Duke of Edinburgh to lunching manufacturers in London. "In fact, wits are our greatest single asset, and one which we can still rely upon." Britain's future is bright, he was confident, if the nation properly exploits its scientific and managerial genius. In short, declared the Duke, "we must literally live by our wits...
...British poet and critic is known for his political philosophy as well as his poetry and art criticism. An author of several books as well as many interpretive works of art and poetry, he has taught at the Universities of Edinburgh, Liverpool, and London. He was also president of the Society for Education in Art for a number of years...
...Doctor and the Devils, by Dylan Thomas. An outstanding film script inspired by the notorious case of the 19th century Edinburgh body snatchers, Burke and Hare, and the anatomist they worked for (TIME...
Here is the true story that Thomas got to work with: more than a century ago, there lived in Edinburgh a brilliant professor of anatomy named Dr. Knox. Like most anatomists of the day, he lacked enough corpses for his demonstrations. Like his colleagues, he was forced to buy them from body snatchers. Two snatchers. Burke and Hare, decided it was easier to murder their "subjects" than to dig them up. They were caught and brought to trial. Dr. Knox had enough influence to escape trial, and to this day it is not sure that he 'knew what Burke...
...Fallon and Broom: "They are corpse-diviners. Or, as some have green fingers for gardening, so they have black fingers for death." Then the police, the trial, disgrace. Dr. Rock himself is saved from trial by influential colleagues who have had dealings with body snatchers themselves. But life in Edinburgh is hardly bearable for a man, how ever innocent, when the desperately poor sing in the streets...