Mortimer Collins

thumb|Mortimer Collins Mortimer Collins (29 June 1827 – 28 July 1876) was an English writer and novelist. He went to London, where he devoted himself to journalism in the Conservative Party interest, writing largely for periodicals. He also wrote a good deal of occasional and humorous verse, and several novels. Quotes Just take a trifling handful, O philosopher!Of magic matter: give it a slight toss overThe ambient ether—and I don’t see whyYou should n’t make a sky. Sky-Making. (To Professor Tyndall), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919) Life and the Universe show spontaneity;Down with ridiculous notions of Deity!Churches and creeds are lost in the mists;Truth must be sought with the Positivists. The Positivists, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). A man is as old as he's feeling, a woman is as old as she looks. The Unknown Quantity, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). External links Category:Journalists from England Category:Novelists from England Category:Poets from England Category:1827 births Category:1876 deaths Category:People from Plymouth