Joseph Banks quotes

O, how glorious would it be to set my heel upon the Pole and turn myself 360 degrees in a second! (Joseph Banks)
Who knows but that England may revive in New South Wales when it has sunk in Europe. View quote
Joseph Banks
[General literacy would] teach [the poor] to despise their lot in life, instead of making them good servants in agriculture, and other laborious employment to which their rank in society has destined them;... it would enable them to read seditious pamphlets, vicious books, and publications against Christianity; it would render them insolent. View quote
Joseph Banks