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H. M. Tomlinson
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“The sea is at its best at London, near midnight, when you are within the arms of a capacious chair, before a glowing fire, selecting phases of the voyages you will never make.”
H. M. Tomlinson (1873–1958) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Sea and the Jungle (London: Duckworth & Co., 1912), ch. 1, p. 27
“How many grave speeches, which have surprised, shocked, and directed the nation, have been made by Great Men too soon after a noble dinner, words winged by the Press without an accompanying and explanatory wine list.”
H. M. Tomlinson (1873–1958) first seen 1922 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Waiting for Daylight (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922), ch. 16, p. 107
“That figure of Nobody in sodden khaki, cumbered with ugly gear, its precious rifle wrapped in rags, no brightness anywhere about it except the light of its eyes, its face seamed with lines which might have been dolorous, which might have been ironic, with the sweat running from under its steel casque, looms now in the memory, huge, statuesque, silent but questioning, like an overshadowing challenge. . . .What is that figure now? The ghost of what was fair, but was broken, and is lost.”
H. M. Tomlinson (1873–1958) first seen 1922 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Waiting for Daylight (1922), ch. 16, p. 110
“What was created in Concord, though in so airy a fashion, may be standing to America’s credit when her vast engine shops are homes for spiders.”
H. M. Tomlinson (1873–1958) first seen 1934 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: South to Cadiz (New York: Harper & Bros., 1934), "The Road to Concord", p. 191