
“When a nation’s young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.”
Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit (1887)
pg. 291
The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England (1801), Bell ringing
“When a nation’s young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.”
Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit (1887)
“Of all sound of all bells… most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year.”
Nobel Peace prize acceptance speech (1985)
Context: I am convinced that today is a great and exciting day not only for the members of our international movement but also for all physicians on our planet, irrespective of their political and religious beliefs. For the first time in history, their selfless service for the cause of maintaining life on Earth is marked by the high Nobel Prize. True to the Hippocratic Oath, we cannot keep silent knowing what final epidemic-nuclear war — can bring to humankind. The bell of Hiroshima rings in our hearts not as a funeral knell, but as an alarm bell calling out to actions to protect life on our planet.
We were among the first to demolish the nuclear illusions that existed and to unveil the true face of nuclear weapons — the weapons of genocide. We warned the peoples and governments that medicine would be helpless to offer even minimal relief to the hundreds of millions of victims of nuclear war.
However, our contacts with patients inspire our faith in the human reason. Peoples are heedful of the voice of physicians who warn them of the danger and recommend the means of prevention.
Song lyrics, Oh Mercy (1989), Ring Them Bells
“I'm not saying alarm bells are ringing at this moment in time.”
21-Jan-2006, Radio Derby
Phil steadies the ship after 6-1 defeat at Coventry.
“The little White Chapel
Is ringing its bell
With a ring-a-ding-dong,
All day long”
Whitechapel
Nursery Rhymes of London Town (1916)