We can see nothing face to face; our utmost seeing is but a… - Samuel Butler

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We can see nothing face to face; our utmost seeing is but a fumbling of blind finger-ends in an overcrowded pocket.

Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler (December 4, 1835 – June 18, 1902) was a British satirist, most famous for his novels Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh.

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After having spent years striving to be accurate, we must spend as many more in discovering when and how to be inaccurate.

Stowed away in a Montreal lumber room
The Discobolus standeth and turneth his face to the wall;
Dusty, cobweb-covered, maimed and set at naught,
Beauty crieth in an attic and no man regardeth:
O God! O Montreal!

The dons are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.

We can see nothing face to face; our utmost seeing is but a fumbling of blind finger-ends in an overcrowded pocket. - Samuel Butler

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