Parsons Bell Tower

Famous quotes containing the words parsons, bell and/or tower:

    Science is intimately integrated with the whole social structure and cultural tradition. They mutually support one other—only in certain types of society can science flourish, and conversely without a continuous and healthy development and application of science such a society cannot function properly.
    —Talcott Parsons (1902–1979)

    By day thy warning ringing bell to sound its notes,
    By night thy silent signal lamps to swing.
    Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    The tower said, “One!”
    And then a steeple.
    They spoke to themselves....
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)