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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:7576
AUTHOR:Mortimer Collins (1827–1876)
QUOTATION:Just take a trifling handful, O philosopher!
Of magic matter: give it a slight toss over
    The ambient ether—and I don’t see why
    You should n’t make a sky.
ATTRIBUTION:Sky-Making. (To Professor Tyndall.)
 

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