Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER: | 1874 |
AUTHOR: | Douglas MacArthur (18801964) |
QUOTATION: | Upon the fields of friendly strife Are sown the seeds That, upon other fields, on other days Will bear the fruits of victory. |
ATTRIBUTION: | General MacArthur wrote these lines while superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, 19191922, and had them engraved over the entrance to the gymnasium. |
SUBJECTS: | Victory |