William Pepperell Montague

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    No actual skeptic, so far as I know, has claimed to disbelieve in an objective world. Skepticism is not a denial of belief, but rather a denial of rational grounds for belief.
    —William Pepperell Montague (1842–1910)

    This particularly rapid, unintelligible patter
    Isn’t generally heard, and if it is it doesn’t matter!
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    No actual skeptic, so far as I know, has claimed to disbelieve in an objective world. Skepticism is not a denial of belief, but rather a denial of rational grounds for belief.
    —William Pepperell Montague (1842–1910)

    You had been travelling for days
    With an old lady, who marked
    A neat circle on the glass
    With her glove, to watch us
    Move into the wet darkness
    Kissing, still unable to speak.
    —John Montague (b. 1929)