This navigation system was possible due to Josiah White's invention of hydrostatic locks, which increased the river depth by creating small artificial floods.

His [Sickert's] paint has a tangible quality; it is made not of air and star-dust but of oil and earth.

Could you tell me where the washrooms are? Sure, they're in the corner over there.

Among those who are purified by their good deeds, there are four kinds of men who worship me: the world-weary, the seeker for knowledge, the seeker for happiness and the man of spiritual discrimination. The man of discrimination is the highest of these.