Those who can't, and can't teach, translate.(attrib: F.L. Vanderson) — Mort W. Lumsden, Citations: A Brief Anthology
Those who can't, and can't teach, translate.(attrib: F.L. Vanderson) — Mort W. Lumsden, Citations: A Brief Anthology
Those who can't, and can't teach, translate.(attrib: F.L. Vanderson) — Mort W. Lumsden, Citations: A Brief Anthology
Those who can't, and can't teach, translate.(attrib: F.L. Vanderson) — Mort W. Lumsden, Citations: A Brief Anthology
Those who can't, and can't teach, translate.(attrib: F.L. Vanderson) — Mort W. Lumsden, Citations: A Brief Anthology
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Those who can't, and can't teach, translate.(attrib: F.L. Vanderson)

— Mort W. Lumsden, Citations: A Brief Anthology
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