In 1915, Cecil Chubb, a wealthy British barrister, bought Stonehenge as a gift for his wife. She hated it (she had sent him out to buy a set of dining chairs) and the purchased cause some friction in their marriage. Partly to keep the peace and partly to keep it from being bought by foreigners, Chubb donated the stone circle to the British government three years later.
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‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson