
Original: «I fear I shall never be half so sapient nor good for anything in this world, but composing airs, building towers, forming gardens, collecting old Japan, and writing a journey to China or the moon».
Fuente: Dakers, Caroline. Fonthill Recovered: A Cultural History. Edición ilustrada. Editorial UCL Press, 2018. ISBN 9781787350465. Página 279. https://books.google.es/books?id=AuJaDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Fonthill+Recovered:+A+Cultural+History+Escrito+por+Caroline+Dakers&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf2Km4ptrgAhVvA2MBHbB4BfQQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=%20fear%20I%20shall%20never%20be%20half%20so%20sapient%20nor%20good%20for%20anything%20in%20this%20world&f=false