Abram, Abraham became
By will divine
Let pickled Brian's name
Be changed to Brine!


Poem in letter Joseph Dalton Hooker (4 December 1894) in response to hearing that Hooker's son had fallen into a salt vat. Huxley papers at Imperial College London HP 2.454.

Thomas Henry Huxley Quotes

Abram, Abraham became By will divine Let pickled Brian's name Be changed to Brine!

Abram, Abraham became By will divine Let pickled Brian's name Be changed to Brine!

Abram, Abraham became By will divine Let pickled Brian's name Be changed to Brine!

Abram, Abraham became By will divine Let pickled Brian's name Be changed to Brine!