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A well there is in the west country, And a clearer one never was seen; There is not a wife in the west country But has heard of the Well of St Keyne. An oak and an
elm-tree stand beside, If I had not been born Perón, I would have liked to be
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Where is the weapon with which I enforce your
bondage? You give it to me every time you open your mouth.
Frank Herbert, American science fiction author, born on October 8,
1920; from The Whipping Star (1969), 'Laclac Riddle', p. 68
Providence and Manifest Destiny are synonyms often invoked to support
arguments based on wishful thinking.
Frank Herbert; ibid, 'The Wreave Commentary', p. 136
Does a population have informed consent when a ruling minority acts
in secret to ignite a war, doing this to justify the existence of the
minority's forces? … failure to provide full information for informed
consent on such an issue represents an ultimate crime.
Frank Herbert; from The Dosadi Experiment (1977), 'The Trial
of Trials', p. 246
When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand."
The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain
silent when a question could bring them wisdom.
Frank Herbert; from The Godmakers (1972), earlier published in
serial form between May 1958 and February 1960
Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to
slavery.
Frank Herbert
We need a regime change in this country.
Jesse Jackson, American Christian minister and civil rights activist,
born on October 8, 1941; from Shades Of The Sixties, Washington,
October 26,
2002
There is nothing more painful to me ... than to walk down the street
and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around
and see somebody white and feel relieved.
Jesse Jackson; reported in US News and Boston Globe
If my mind can conceive it and my heart can believe it, I know I can
achieve it.
Jesse Jackson; attributed
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Feast day of St Keyne (Keyna;
Ceinwan; Ceinwen; Cain Wyry; Cain the virgin)
Keyne
(Cain Wyry – Cain the virgin) (c. 461
- c. 505), a Celtic saint, was the daughter of Brychan Brycheiniog,
King of Brycheiniog in South Wales, a man of many children who became
saints (some ancient sources said 24 daughters besides sons). Keyne spent her life performing good
deeds in the West Country, where she is remembered by the sacred
well bearing her
name, near Liskeard, Cornwall.
Fifteen men of
distinction sought the hand of Keyne in marriage. On a pilgrimage to St
Michael's Mount, she so endeared herself to the people that they
would hardly allow her to depart. Her nephew, St Cadoc, was also making a
pilgrimage to the same place. Cadoc stuck his stick in the earth, causing
a spring to issue forth, and this spring St Keyne gave to the people of
the district, who dedicated it in her honour.
St Keyne liked to reside in a wood at the place now known as Keynsham. The chief of the country warned her of the venomous snakes that were prevalent in that forest, but St Keyne answered that she would pray and thus rid the country of serpents. Indeed, they were turned into the coils of stone that we know today as the ammonite fossils that are frequently found in the lias rock of that district.
She
planted four trees around the well that was dug at the spring – an oak, an elm, a willow and an ash:
Folklore records a
quaint tradition associated with St Keyne's Well. Legend has it that the
first spouse to drink from its waters will have the upper hand in the
marriage. 
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