“Can you row?" the Sheep asked, handing her a pair of knitting-needles as she spoke.
"Yes, a little--but not on land--and not with needles--" Alice was beginning to say.”

—  Lewis Carroll

Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

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English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer 1832–1898

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