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Have you tried the famous echo in the Reading Room of the British Museum?

Gerard Hoffnung

Quoting a reply from an Italian hotel:

Standing among savage scenery, the hotel offers stupendous revelations. There is a French widow in every bedroom, affording delightful prospects.

Gerard Hoffnung

Quoting a reply from an Italian hotel:

In the close village you can buy jolly memorials for when you pass away.

Gerard Hoffnung

Quoting a reply from an Italian hotel:

I send you my prices. If I am dear to you and your mistress she might perhaps be reduced.

Gerard Hoffnung

I'm talking about me, now, for me, life is going to start when I find myself living in a proper civilized society, with no color bar, and no race riots, and that's not the worst, but in a society, where young people stand up when they feel that some injustice is done, because they don't, people don't stand up, they will not stand up, they sit back and they say "well, this is a great pity," and that's that. But that's when life is going to start for me, when I find people standing up and do something about things they feel strongly about, these appalling things.

Gerard Hoffnung

Gerard Hoffnung

Gerard Hoffnung

Born: March 22, 1925

Died: September 28, 1959 (aged 34)

Bio: Gerard Hoffnung was an artist and musician, best known for his humorous works.

Known for:

The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra (1955)
The Hoffnung Music Festival (1956)
Acoustics (1959)
Hoffnung's Musical Chairs (1958)
Hoffnung's the Maestro

Gerard Hoffnung on Wikipedia

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