Primary Winding

Famous quotes containing the words primary and/or winding:

“A fact is a proposition of which the verification by an appeal to the primary sources of our knowledge or to experience is direct and simple. A theory, on the other hand, if true, has all the characteristics of a fact except that its verification is possible only by indirect, remote, and difficult means.”
—Chauncey Wright (1830–1875)

“The harlot’s cry from street to street
Shall weave old England’s winding sheet.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)