Creative Quotations from . . .
Erasmus Darwin
(1731-1802) born on Dec 12
English "physician, poet". "He verified the principles of botany in "The Botanic Garden," 1789 and the laws of organic existence in "Zoonomia;" grandfather of Charles Darwin."
 
   
F
Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam! afar
Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;
Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear
The flying chariot through the field of air."

R
"No, Sir, because I have time to think before I speak, and don't ask impertinent questions."
A
A fool is a man who never tried an experiment in his life.
N
"Stroke follow strokes, the sparkling ingot shines,
Flows the red slag, the lengthening bar refines;
Cold waves, immersed, the glowing mass congeal,
And turn to adamant the hissing Steel."
K
"Hear him, ye Senates, hear this truth sublime;
He who allows oppression shares the crime."
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""The Botanic Garden," Part i. Canto i. Line 289."
R: "When asked whether he found his stammer inconvenient; "Reminiscences of My Father's Everyday Life," by Sir Francis Darwin."
A: ""Choosen Letters," by Maria Edgeworth."
N: "In "Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations," ed. Jason Shulman & Isaac Asimov, 1988."
K: "In "Draper's Book of Quotations for the Christian World," by Edythe Draper, 1992."
   



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