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Down to brass tacks

The Times
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Sir, “Three columns of new brigadiers” (letter, June 29) only made me think how much more depressing is the annual list — extending not just to columns but to many pages — of newly qualified chartered accountants.

Plato’s contrast between men of iron and men of brass comes to mind.

The Rev Dr Peter Mullen

London EC1