Цитата из книги «Трое в лодке, не считая собаки / Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)»

Be eloquent, and deep, and tender; see, with a clear eye, into Nature and into life; and soar over the whirling world beneath you!” After hot muffins, it says, “Be dull and soulless, like a beast of the field[93] – a brainless animal, with listless eye that lacks hope, or fear, or love, or life.” And after brandy it says, “Now, come, fool, grin and tumble.”