If there can be a clear sign of someone being a free-thinking spirit, it is when the person in question is willing to revise former opinions in light of new thoughts and circumstances. William Wordsworth is a great example of this as he changed his views on technology, among other topics, through ti...
Motion and Means, on land and sea at war
With old poetic feeling, not for this,
Shall ye, by Poets even, be judged amiss!
Nor shall your presence, howsoe’er it mar
The loveliness of nature, prove a bar
To the Mind’s gaining that prophetic sense
Of future change, that point of vision, whence
May be discovered what in soul ye are.
In spite of all that beauty may disown
In your harsh features, Nature doth embrace
Her lawful offspring in Man’s art; and Time,
Pleased with your triumphs o’er his brother Space,
Accepts from your bold hands the proffered crown
Of hope, and smiles on you with cheer sublime.
Steamboats, Viaducts and Railways was written by William Wordsworth.
William Wordsworth released Steamboats, Viaducts and Railways on Tue Jan 01 1833.