26 December: Thomas Gray Quotes

Born on Boxing Day 1716, Thomas Gray was a poet whose works include Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.

1. Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
2. Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
3. Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it.
4. As to posterity, I may ask what has it ever done to oblige me?
5. If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.
6. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.
7. Poetry is Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
8. Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.
9. Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.
10. Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts, is lawful prize; Nor all that glisters gold.

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Secrets and Skies

Jack Ward, President of Innovia, owes his life twice over to the enigmatic superhero, dubbed Power Blaster by the press. No-one knows who Power Blaster is or where he comes from - and he wants it to stay that way.

Scientist Desi Troyes has developed a nuclear bomb to counter the ever present threat of an asteroid hitting the planet. When Ward signs the order giving the go ahead for a nuclear test on the remote Bird Island, he has no inkling of Troyes' real agenda, and that he has signed the death warrants of millions of people.

Although the island should have been evacuated, there are people still there: some from the distant continent of Classica; protesters opposed to the bomb test; and Innovians who will not, or cannot, use their communication devices.

Power Blaster knows he must stop the bomb from hitting the island. He also knows it may be the last thing he ever does.

Meanwhile in Innovia, Ward and his staff gather to watch the broadcast of the test. Nobody, not even Troyes himself, has any idea what is about to happen.

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