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"KEVIN J. BOCHYNSKI" <[log in to unmask]
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Tue, 26 Apr 1994 21:47:34 -0400
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Re: Cobbler reference.  Could you be thinking of:

"The greatest military genius our world has ever produced was a brick-layer
from somewhere back of Boston--died during the Revolution--by the name of
Absalom Jones." [EXTRACT FROM CAPTAIN STORMFIELD'S VISIT TO HEAVEN, Harper
and Brothers, 1909; pg. 112].

Jones was rejected for military service because he lost both thumbs and
some teeth.  Although he never got a chance to prove his military genius in
life, he is celebrated in heaven for what he *would* have been.  Caesar,
Hannibal, Alexander and Napoleon and other great generals serve on his
staff but get little attention when Jones is around.

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