David Law Proudfit

David Law Proudfit (October 27, 1842 – February 23, 1897) was an American poet and lithographer, who also wrote under the pseudonym Peleg Arkwright.

Quotes

 * A man sat on a rock and sought Refreshment from his thumb; A dinotherium wandered by And scared him some. His name was Smith. The kind of rock He sat upon was shale. One feature quite distinguished him— He had a tail.
 * Prehistoric Smith, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


 * Nature abhors imperfect work And on it lays her ban; And all creation must despise A tailless man.
 * Prehistoric Smith, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).