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.

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"Just take a trifling handful, O philosopher! Of magic matter: give it a slight toss over The ambient ether—and I don’t see why You should n’t make a sky."

- Mortimer Collins

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"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."

- Mortimer Collins

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"A man is as old as he's feeling, a woman is as old as she looks."

- Mortimer Collins

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