Lord Clarendon, in describing the fire in the Temple, London, in
1666, says: “The Lord Mayor, tho a very honest man, was much
blamed for want of sagacity in the first night of the fire,
before the wind gave it much advancement. When men who were
less terrified with the object prest him very earnestly that
he would give orders for the present pulling down those houses
which were nearest, and by which the fire climbed to go further,
the doing whereof at that time might probably have prevented
much of the mischief that succeeded, he thought it not safe, and
made no other answer than that he durst not do it without the
consent of the owners. His want of skill was the less wondered
at when it was known afterward that some gentlemen of the Inner
Temple would not endeavor to preserve the goods which were in
the lodgings of absent persons, because they said it was against
the law to break up any man’s chamber.”--CROAKE JAMES,
“Curiosities of Law and Lawyers.”
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=Teeth, The Value of Good=--See ASSIMILATION.
=Teleology=--See WORK DIVINELY INTENDED.
=Telephone Possibilities Discredited=--See OPPORTUNITY LOST.
=Temperament=--See ENVIRONMENT.