“Man Thinking must not be subdued by his instruments.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
1830s, The American Scholar http://www.emersoncentral.com/amscholar.htm (1837)
“The jaws' hooked clamp and fangs
Not to be changed at this date;
A life subdued to its instrument.”
"Pike", line 13
Lupercal (1960)
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“I like the way you talk, young man,” said Grass, “but I don’t know what you’re saying.”
Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 24 (p. 841)