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

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

Samuel Butler (novelist)

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