The Names of the People

People are so proud of their names that they strive to perpetuate them at any cost. Even blustering hard-boiled old PT Barnum, the greatest showman of his time, offered his grandson $25,000 if he would call himself Barnum Seeley. Nearly every church is beautified by stained glass windows commemorating the names of their donors.

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