Ah yes, Andres, I'd much rather believe this one (but can't help thinking that,
had it been true, it wouldn't have remained so mysterious all these years).
Yes, I choose to believe it. In a couple of decades, it will be the only
plausible version left. ;-)
Rod
Subject: Origin of the Name
Author: "Andres Sta. Maria" <atocha@globe.com.ph> at CCGATE
Date: 6/25/98 7:05 AM
A contribution to the Lists in general.
I was reading my first issues of Historic Lotus Register (definitely
wonderful reading) and learn that, on the dashboard of a Lotus VI (Jon
Derisley's 35-SNK 6, to be exact) in 1954, a plaque read:
"Time driveth onwards fast."
The quotation of course is from Tennyson in his work "The Lotus Eaters."
The source of the Lotus name? Perhaps,. perhaps not. But certainly a more
romantic explanation than brands of shoes or bicycles.
Regards to all.
Andres
Manila
Lotus 23 and 45
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