Enquire Within Upon Everything
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Enquire Within Upon Everything is an 1856 how-to book for domestic life, published by Houlston and Sons of Paternoster Square.
Tim Berners-Lee apparently named his precursor of the World Wide Web, ENQUIRE, after this work.
- "Whether You Wish to Model a Flower in Wax;
- to Study the Rules of Etiquette;
- to Serve a Relish for Breakfast or Supper;
- to Plan a Dinner for a Large Party or a Small One;
- to Cure a Headache;
- to Make a Will;
- to Get Married;
- to Bury a Relative;
- Whatever You May Wish to Do, Make, or to Enjoy,
- Provided Your Desire has Relation to the Necessities of Domestic Life,
- I Hope You will not Fail to 'Enquire Within.'"—Editor.
As of the 89th edition, there were 1,180,000 copies published. As of the 113th edition, there were 1,500,000 copies published.
