During World War II, so many Americans crowded into the United Kingdom the place was in danger of sinking. J. Frank Dobie went from Texas to Cambridge to teach.
In 1944, a reporter asked him about the election in Texas.
Dobie predicted that Coke Stevenson would win the governor’s race.
The reporter asked him what he was like.
Dobie replied: “I think he is an uneducated sow’s ear and not fit company for civilized men.”
For some reason, that remark came to mind today.
• Source: Lon Tinkle, J. Frank Dobie: The Makings of an Ample Mind; Austin: The Encino Press, 1968, p. 53.
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