TUB LEAN AND THE FAT.
The following story of the lalo Professor Hiackie llioush not generally known, is well authenticated. A' lady in the north of Scotland invited the professor ro luncheon. On the table was a. fmall cream cheese, which he seemed heartily to enjoy. The following Christmas his hostess sent him a similar cheese, and along with it n copy of Sankny's Hymn* which- had recently been published. In reply. Professor Blackie sent these fewlines:
Cheese for the body, for the soul Sankey: For both, dear madam, from my soul I thank tliee, And blest he she who's done the best she could To make a lean man fat, a fat man good.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 119, 23 May 1925, Page 17
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