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.