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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.