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William Lamb (Lord Melbourne)

(1779 - 1848)

British Prime Minister.

Science Quotes by William Lamb (Lord Melbourne) (1)

I look upon the whole system of giving pensions to literary and scientific people as a piece of gross humbug. It is not done for any good purpose; it ought never to have been done. It is gross humbug from beginning to end.

— William Lamb (Lord Melbourne)

Words attributed to Melbourne in Fraser's Magazine (1835), 12, 707.

See also: | Humbug (2) | Scientist (71)

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