Arboreal Tradition

Famous quotes containing the words arboreal and/or tradition:

“A hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits.”
—Charles Darwin (1809–1882)

“Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes—our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking around.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)