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The sons of Martha

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Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem called ‘The sons of Martha’ which is a gentle hymn of praise to those in society whose graft keep things going while others enjoy themselves. I like to think it’s about engineers. It contains a line which I really like: ‘They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the nuts work loose’. If I’d paid a little more …