William Francis Gibbs (1886-1967)

"Now, let's make her fast."

I had occasion, before the snow gathered the winter before last, to take a casual, meditative walk through Princeton Cemetery in New Jersey.  [Do I question your hobbies?]   

By American standards, it is ancient, as one would expect for a resting place in a town that is old enough to be named for Prince William of Orange, was the site of an important ba…