Lewis Pugh

Also known as Lewis Gordon Pugh

British-South African environmental campaigner, maritime lawyer and endurance swimmer

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Supplement to the Grammar of Heraldry, Now in the Press
A supplement to The grammar of heraldry, now in the press: or, a catalogue of the nobility of Scotland and Ireland, ... By Lewis P'ugh, ..

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“Four-point-two kilometres is a long way for a frozen body to sink.”
“My father taught me to understand that not much was impossible, if you had a mind to go after it. What seems beyond you is only unreachable if that’s what you believe.”
“Nothing excited me more than opening up the atlas and seeing places and seas, imagining what they looked like and what kind of life the people had.”
“My love for the water would always be tempered by respect for dangers that must never be underestimated.”
“My own feeling was that witnessing the explosion of an atomic bomb, and having to examine all the dead animals, had a profound effect on my father.”
“Always when we walked, it was clear to me how much he loved nature, wild flowers, animals in their natural habitat and the simple pleasures of a beautiful sunset. My love for the environment did not develop out of a vacuum.”