“Captains may come and captains may go, but the administration goes on forever.”
Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Shards of Honor (1986), Chapter 5 (p. 74)
“And draw them all along, and flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.”
"The Brook", st. 5
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To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever." by Alfred, Lord Tennyson?
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