quad quotes

Dear Sir, your astonishment's odd: I am always about in the Quad. And that's why the tree Will continue to be Since observed by Yours faithfully,God. See Knox 476:22.

-Anonymous
c.1924  Reply to Ronald Knox's limerick. The limericks summarize Bishop George Berkeley's philosophy that everything is dependent at all times on the will of God.

There was once a man who said 'God Must think it exceedingly odd If he finds that this tree Continues to be When there's no-one about in the Quad.' SeeAnonymous 22:51.

- Ronald Arbuthnot Knox
Attributed. Quoted in Langford Reed Complete Limerick Book (1924). The limericks summarise Bishop George Berkeley's philosophy that everything is dependent at all times on the will of God.