'GO ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS'
The old Temple clock in London bears a curious inscription. Some two hundred years ago a master workman was employed to repair and put in a new face upon the clock. When his work was nearly done he asked the ‘ benchers ’ for an appropriate motto to carve upon the base. They promised to think of one. Week after week he came for their decision, but was put off. One day he found them' at dinner in commons. ‘ What motto shall I put on the clock, your Lordship?’ he asked a learned judge. ‘ Oh, go about your business !’ his honor angrily cried!. And very suitable for a lazy, dawdling gang!’ the dock-master is said to have muttered, as he retreated. It is certain that he carved Go about your business ’ on the base. The lawyers decided that no better warning could be given them at any hour of the day, and there the inscription still remains.
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New Zealand Tablet, 25 September 1913, Page 62
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159'GO ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS' New Zealand Tablet, 25 September 1913, Page 62
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