Famous quotes containing the words erskine and/or park:
“It seems perfectly simple and inevitable, like lying down after a long day’s work.”
—Robert Erskine Childers (1870–1922)
“Linnæus, setting out for Lapland, surveys his “comb” and “spare shirt,” “leathern breeches” and “gauze cap to keep off gnats,” with as much complacency as Bonaparte a park of artillery for the Russian campaign. The quiet bravery of the man is admirable.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)