John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson. (1803–1882) (continued) |
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| Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force; that thoughts rule the world. |
| Progress of Culture. Phi Beta Kappa Address, July 18, 1867. |
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| I see that sensible men and conscientious men all over the world were of one religion. 1 |
| Lectures and Biographical Sketches. The Preacher. |
| Richard Henry Horne. (1802–1884) |
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| ’T is always morning somewhere in the world. 2 |
| Orion. Book iii. Canto ii. (1843). |
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| A sweet content Passing all wisdom or its fairest flower. |
| Orion. Book iii. Canto ii. (1843). |
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| The wisdom of mankind creeps slowly on, Subject to every doubt that can retard Or fling it back upon an earlier time. |
| Orion. Book iii. Canto ii. (1843). |
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| Ye rigid Plowmen! Bear in mind Your labor is for future hours. Advance! spare not! nor look behind! Plow deep and straight with all your powers! |
| The Plow. |
| Thomas Kibble Hervey. (1804–1859) |
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| The tomb of him who would have made The world too glad and free. |
| The Devil’s Progress. |
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| He stood beside a cottage lone And listened to a lute, One summer’s eve, when the breeze was gone, And the nightingale was mute. |
| The Devil’s Progress. |
| Note 1. See Johnson, page 370. [back] |
| Note 2. ’T is always morning somewhere.—Longfellow: Wayside Inn. Birds of Killingworth, stanza 16. [back] |