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3 Quotes for 'Mortimer Collins' in the Database.
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Mortimer Collins Quotes
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There was an ape in the days that were earlier,
Centuries passed and his hair became curlier;
Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist--
Then he was a Man and a Positivist.
Topic: Evolution
Source: The British Birds (st. 5)
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O, to bring back the great Homeric time,
The simple manners and the deed sublime:
When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by Fate,
Through the long furrow drave the ploughshare straight.
Topic: Past
Source: Letter to the Rt. Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., published anonymously 1869
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A man's as old as he's feeling. A woman as old as she looks.
Topic: The sexes
Source: None
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