Vessel Elements

Famous quotes containing the words vessel and/or elements:

    “Every day brings a ship,
    Every ship brings a word;
    Well for those who have no fear,
    Looking seaward well assured
    That the word the vessel brings
    Is the word they wish to hear.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The three great elements of modern civilization, gunpowder, printing, and the Protestant religion.”
    —Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)