Duncan Spaeth, Princeton professor

I know why the sun never sets on the British Empire: God wouldn't trust an Englishman in the dark.

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in trust

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[whistle in the dark] {v. phr.}, {informal} To try to stay brave and forget your fear. * /Tom said he could fight the bully with one hand, but we knew […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Psalms 109:9

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

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