Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

Famous quotes containing the words baron, port and/or ellen:

    “Justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done.”
    —Gordon, 1st Baron Of Bury Hewart (1870–1943)

    “It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or the fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “I have eyes to see now what I have never seen before.”
    —Anonymous, U.S. correspondence student. As quoted in The Life of Ellen H. Richards, ch. 9, by Caroline L. Hunt, quoting Ellen Swallow Richards (1912)