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Martin Joseph Routh
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“I think sir, since you care for the advice of an old man, sir, you will find it a very good practise, always to verify your references, sir!”
Martin Joseph Routh (1755–1854) first seen 1847 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Advice given to Dean John William Burgon, (29 November 1847), in response to the question: "Every studious man, in the course of a long and thoughtful life, has had occasion to experience the special value of some one a…
“It will lead to nothing, I fear, sir”
Martin Joseph Routh (1755–1854) first seen 1840 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarked to William Palmer, on the eve of his 1840-1 journey to Russia to improve Anglican-Orthodox relations. The trip reaped little success; quoted in Notes of a Visit to the Russian Church in the Years 1840, 1841, by…
“But I know, my friends, that you may object to me what St. Irenaeus says.”
Martin Joseph Routh (1755–1854) said by 1854 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Said to his congregation after an exposition of his own theology; quoted in Essays and addresses, Herbert McLachlan, Manchester University Press, 1954, p. 354
“Wait, sir, until I am gone!”
Martin Joseph Routh (1755–1854) said by 1854 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Standard reply to people proposing changes in the running of Oxford University; quoted in Colin Gordon, Beyond the Looking Glass (1982), p. 37