Wit and Wisdom of Lord TredegarMorgan, Godfrey Charles
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Wit and Wisdom of Lord Tredegar
Morgan, Godfrey Charles
Morgan, Godfrey Charles, 1830-1913 -- Quotations; Speeches, addresses, etc.
_Meeting in Newport in connection with the Boy Scout Movement,
March 14th, 1911._
NOT KNOWN HERE.
When the ironworks were started here they received the name of
Tredegar, and the town itself was also called Tredegar. It is rather
disagreeable to me at times. I have letters addressed, "Lord Tredegar,
Tredegar, Monmouthshire." They are sent to Tredegar, where they are
marked by the postal officials: "Not known here; try Tredegar Park."
LIFE'S TRAGEDY AND COMEDY.
Life is said to be a comedy to those who think and a tragedy to those
who feel, and as we all feel and think we must meet with a good deal
of comedy and a good deal of tragedy. I hope you all have more comedy
than tragedy.
_Presentation to Lord Tredegar of Miner's Lamp and
Silver Medal at Risca Eisteddfod,
October 5th, 1896._
NEWPORT A SECOND LIVERPOOL
I hope the day is not far distant when Newport will be a second
Liverpool, and Maindee a second Birkenhead.
_Tredegar Show,
December 13th, 1864._
OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE.
I have read somewhere that an Oxford man walks about looking as if
Oxford and the rest of the world belong to him. A Cambridge man, on
the other hand, walks as if he does not care a--well, does not care
two straws who the place belongs to.
_Seventy-fifth Anniversary of St. David's College, Lampeter,
October 9th, 1902._
DOCTORS-OLD STYLE AND NEW.
[Illustration: "_The old-fashioned gentleman, who first of all pulled
out a watch as big as a warming-pan._"]
The owning of a hospital is not a very lively proceeding, but I cannot
help giving a few of my reminiscences in connection with doctors. I
can go back to the real old-style of doctor; not the present-day smart
young gentleman with the radium light in his pocket, but the
old-fashioned gentleman who first of all pulled out a watch as big as
a warming-pan, and who felt the pulse and asked the patient to put
out his tongue, and ended up by saying "Haw!" That meant a tremendous
lot, for he did not tell any more.
I well remember a medical friend of mine saying once that he lived in
a land flowing with rhubarb, magnesia, and black draughts. That was
the way we were treated as children, and which possibly enabled us to
live a long life.
_Opening of a Hospital at Abertysswg,
October 3rd, 1910._
ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS.
I am one of those who like mixing with all sorts and conditions of
men. I can dine with lords and ladies whenever I like, but I cannot
always dine with an assembly of working men.
_May Horse Show Dinner,
May 4th, 1893._
[Illustration: "_I can dine with lords and ladies whenever I like, but
I cannot always dine with an assembly of working men._"]
A CONTRAST IN CORRESPONDENCE.
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