Salmagundi

Here be more chimeras.

The scientific term for the common tomato is lycopersicon lycopersicum, which means "wolf peach."

I have great sympathy for another chap with a penchant for flame-haired temptresses...

There is no cure for curiosity (see number 4). I would add, "Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; do not pull it out and strike it merely to show you have one." For more of Lord Chesterfield's sayings, go here.

Returning to the Scopes 'Monkey Trial' (See July 25th's posting), here's Clarence Darrow on Voltaire. Splendid.