William Pope Mc Arthur
William Pope McArthur (2 April 1814 – 23 December 1850) was an American naval officer and hydrologist who was involved in the first surveys of the Pacific Coast for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
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“Why has not Man a microscopic eye?
For this plain reason, Man is not a Fly.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“O unbelievers,
I serve not what you serve
and you are not serving what I serve,
nor am I serving what you have served,
neither are you serving what I serve.
To you your religion, and to me my religion!”
—Qur’An. The Unbelievers, 109:1-5, ed. Arthur J. Arberry (1955)