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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Origin of the 'bayonet the wounded' line
An auditor is a man who watches the battle from the safety of the hills and then comes down to bayonet the wounded.
Sir Charles Lyell, 1797 - 1875, American accountant.
Greatest auditor comment. Ever.
ReplyDeleteAn American accountant? Was he knighted by the President?
ReplyDeleteSir Charles Lyell was a contemporary of Charles Darwin and a noted geologist. Perhaps there is another but not a "sir" per se.
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