Samuel Butler (novelist) Quote

The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence.


Erewhon, or, Over the range [by S. Butler]. (ed. 1908)


The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape...

The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape...

The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape...

The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape...