Johannes Ewald (1743-1781) was a Danish lyric poet. Among his great dramas were Balder's Death and The Fisher, which contains the Danish national song, "King Christian Stood by the Lofty Mast." Johannes Ewald conceded:
<In this little book (the New Testament), is contained all the wisdom of the world.> 1743JE001
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1743JE001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Johannes Ewald. Tryon Edwards, D.D., The New Dictionary of Thoughts-A Cyclopedia of Quotations (Garden City, NY: Hanover House, 1852; revised and enlarged by C.H. Catrevas, Ralph Emerson Browns and Jonathan Edwards [descendent, along with Tryon, of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), president of Princeton], 1891; The Standard Book Company, 1955, 1963), p. 46.