Henry Vaughan 1613-1676

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    The memory loaded with mere bookwork is not the thing wanted—is, in fact, rather worse than useless—in the teacher of scientific subjects. It is absolutely essential that his mind should be full of knowledge and not of mere learning, and that what he knows should have been learned in the laboratory rather than in the library.
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    Waters above! Eternal springs!
    The dew that silvers the Dove’s wings!
    O welcome, welcome to the sad:
    Give dry dust drink, drink that makes glad!
    Many fair ev’nings, many flow’rs
    Sweetened with rich and gentle showers,
    Have I enjoyed,
    —Henry Vaughan (1622–1695)