Samuel Butler: We can see nothing face to face; our utmost seeing is but a fumbling of blind finger-ends in an overcrowded pocket.

We can see nothing face to face; our utmost seeing is but a fumbling of blind fi — Samuel Butler

We can see nothing face to face; our utmost seeing is but a fumbling of blind finger-ends in an overcrowded pocket.

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