Mr. Henry Beecher entered Plymouth Church one Sunday and found several letters awaiting him.

He opened one and found it contained the single word “Fool.” Quietly and with becoming seriousness he announced to the congregation the fact in these words：

“I have known many an instance of a man writing a letter and forgetting to sign his name, but this is the only instance I have ever known of a man signing his name and forgetting to write the letter.”