Josiah Gilbert Holland (July 24, 1819-October 12, 1881) was a founder and editor of the popular Scribner's Monthly (later Century Magazine) and the Springfield Republican. He established the publishing policies of using contributors' names and receiving payment for everything published. A celebrated speaker on social topics and conduct of life, Josiah Gilbert Holland also wrote under the pen name "Timothy Titcomb." His well- read narrative works include the poems Kathrina and Bitter-Sweet. In 1872, Holland wrote in his Gradatim:
<Heaven is not reached in a single bound.> 1819JG001
In his work, Wanted, also written in 1872, Josiah Gilbert Holland penned:
<God give us men! A time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands;
Men whom the lust of office does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and a will;
Men who have honor; men who will not lie.> 1819JG002
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Endnotes:
1819JG001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Josiah Gilbert Holland, 1872, in his Gradatim, st. I. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 566.
1819JG002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Josiah Gilbert Holland, 1872, in his work, Wanted, l. I. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 566. Carl Van Dorn, ed., Patriotic Anthology (NY: Literary Guild of America, Inc, 1941), p. 390. Charles Wallis, ed., Our American Heritage (NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 1970), p. 163. Peter Marshall & David Manuel, The Glory of America (Bloomington, MN: Garborg's Heart 'N Home, 1991), 7.24.