John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| James Aldrich. (1810–1856) |
| 6972 |
| Her suffering ended with the day, Yet lived she at its close, And breathed the long, long night away In statue-like repose. |
| A Death-Bed. |
| 6973 |
| But when the sun in all his state Illumed the eastern skies, She passed through Glory’s morning-gate, And walked in Paradise. 1 |
| A Death-Bed. |
| Theodore Parker. (1810–1860) |
| 6974 |
| Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will catch somewhere and produce its hundredfold. |
| A Discourse of Matters Pertaining to Religion. |
| 6975 |
| Truth stood on one side and Ease on the other; it has often been so. |
| A Discourse of Matters Pertaining to Religion. |
| 6976 |
| Man never falls so low that he can see nothing higher than himself. |
| Essay. A Lesson for the Day. |
| 6977 |
| A democracy,—that is a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people; 2 of course, a government of the principles of eternal justice, the unchanging law of God; for shortness’ sake I will call it the idea of Freedom. |
| The American Idea: Speech at N. E. Anti-Slavery Convention, Boston, May 29, 1850. |
| 6978 |
| All men desire to be immortal. |
| A Sermon on the Immortal Life. Sept. 20, 1846. |
| Note 1. Thomas Hood: The Death Bed, page 591. Phœbe Cary: The Wife, page 171. [back] |
| Note 2. See Daniel Webster, page 532. Also see Abraham Lincoln, page 661. [back] |