Sir William said he never spoke of 'madness'; he called it not having a sense of proportion.

“And I will now rock the brown basin from side to side so that my ships may ride…”

“The spring without a leaf to toss, bare and bright like a virgin fierce in her …”

“I will not be "famous," "great." I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my…”

“She held in her hands for one brief moment the globe which we spend our lives i…”