In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to whom the idea first occurs.
Francis DarwinAbout author
- Author's profession: Scientist
- Nationality: english
- Born: August 16, 1848
- Died: September 19, 1925
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Corny trash, vulgar clichs, Philistinism in all its phases, imitations of imitations, bogus profundities, crude, moronic and dishonest pseudo-literature—these are obvious examples. Now, if we want to pin down poshlost in contemporary writing we must look for it in Freudian symbolism, moth-eaten mythologies, social comment, humanistic messages, political allegories, overconcern with class or race, and the journalistic generalities we all know.
Vladimir Nabokov