“There was a young man who said "GodMust find it exceedingly oddTo think that the treeShould continue to beWhen there's no one about in the quad."Reply:"Dear Sir: Your astonishment's odd;I am always about in the quad.And that's why the treeWill continue to beSince observed by, Yours faithfully, God.”

Ronald Knox

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