Samuel Butler (1835 – 1902)
Born at Langar Rectory, Nottinghamshire, England. He studied at Cambridge, became a sheep farmer in New Zealand, then turned to writing and music. He wrote Erewhon (1872), Erewhon Revisited (1901), The Way of All Flesh (1903).
150 works by S.Butler Cambridge Pieces, by Samuel Butler
I sit down scarcely knowing how to grasp my own meaning, and give it a tangible shape in words; and yet it is concerning this very expression of our thoughts in words that I wish to speak. As I muse things fall more into their proper places, and, little fit for the task as my confession pronounces me to be, I will try to make clear that which is in my mind.
