How To Misunderstand Satire

Celebrating cricketer Jack Hobbs' equalling of W.G. Grace's batting record, he depicted a statue of Hobbs on a dais above various lesser notables such as Adam, Julius Caesar, Charlie Chaplin and, as you may have guessed, 'Mahomet'. This eventually caused what in retrospect seems a rather polite upro...

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