John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6149 Thomas Babington
| NUMBER: | 6149 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay (1800–1859) |
| QUOTATION: | In that temple of silence and reconciliation where the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the great Abbey which has during many ages afforded a quiet resting-place to those whose minds and bodies have been shattered by the contentions of the Great Hall. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | On Warren Hastings. 1841. |