"I never coached Sachin Tendulkar, I gave him gentle advice when he asked for it."
"Let soldiers on manoeuvres plant trees. Give police and criminals a shovel and a thousand seedlings."
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Source: Typical English Churchmen. Book by John Neville Figgis, p. 16, 1909.
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