Joseph Banks quotes

Joseph Banks was an English naturalist, botanist, and explorer, acclaimed for his role in the first great voyage of Captain James Cook. His extensive plant collections and scientific observations greatly expanded knowledge of global flora. He became a central figure in the advancement of natural sciences and served as president of the Royal Society for over 40 years. Here are 3 of his quotes:

Who knows but that England may revive in New South Wales when it has sunk in Europe.

Joseph Banks

[General literacy would] teach [the poor] to despise their lot in life, instead of making them good servants in agriculture, and other laborious employment to which their rank in society has destined them;... it would enable them to read seditious pamphlets, vicious books, and publications against Christianity; it would render them insolent.

Joseph Banks