Natural History Departments

Famous quotes containing the words natural, history and/or departments:

    “An Englishman’s never so natural as when he’s holding his tongue.”
    —Henry James (1843–1916)

    “It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”
    —Henry James (1843–1916)

    “Some of these men had become abstrusely entangled with the spying departments of other nations and would give an amusing jump if you came from behind and tapped them on the shoulder.”
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)