I hate a Barnacle as no man ever did before, not even a Sailor in a slow-sailing ship.
In plain words
Even great scientists get sick of the slow, boring parts.
Where these words come from
- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Letter to William Darwin Fox, 24 October 1852, in The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (1887).
- Letter to William Darwin Fox
- 1852
