In merest prudence men should teach [...] That science ranks as monstrous things Two pairs of upper limbs; so wings- E'en angels' wings!-are fictions. (Henry Austin Dobson)

In merest prudence men should teach [...] That science ranks as monstrous things Two pairs of upper limbs; so wings- E'en angels' wings!-are fictions.

Henry Austin Dobson

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