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Tetrachloride

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1. I am reminded of the quote below by the "20 years"

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 08:33 AM

Sep 2023

Lyautey asked his gardener to plant a tree in a particular part of his estate. The gardener objected that the tree the marshal had chosen was particularly slow-growing and would not reach maturity for at least a century.
The marshal replied, "In that case, there is no time to lose. Plant it this afternoon." Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (1854 - 1934)

The Fine Art of Political Wit by Leon A. Harris
The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes, p. 372
Clifton Fadiman

(probably slightly not exact punctuation as in the Fadiman book)

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An Interesting and Novel Approach to Chemical Separations of Which I was Unaware. [View all] NNadir Sep 2023 OP

I am reminded of the quote below by the "20 years" Tetrachloride Sep 2023 #1

That is a wonderful quote. Thank you very much. n/t. NNadir Sep 2023 #2