American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Queen Victoria (May 24, 1819-January 22, 1901) Alexandrina Victoria was the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1837-1901, and the Empress of India, 1876-1901. Married to Prince Albert in 1840, she bore him nine children. She mourned the rest of her life after his death in 1861. She became immensely popular in her old age, being a symbol of Britain's imperial greatness. Upon her coronation at Westminster Abbey, June 28, 1837, three presents were given to her: the Sword of State, the Imperial Robe, and the Holy Bible. These words accompanied the Bible: <Our gracious Queen, we present you this...

James Russell Lowell (February 22, 1819-August 12, 1891) was an American poet, editor and diplomat. He was the son of Charles Lowell, minister of the West Church in Boston. A graduate of Harvard Law School, James Russell Lowell wrote poetry and prose which received wide acclaim. His well-known works include: Fable For Critics, 1848; and Biglow Papers, 1848-67. He edited the Atlantic Monthly, 1857-61; and the North American Review, 1862-72. He received honorary degrees from both Oxford and Cambridge, and became a professor at Harvard. Lowell was appointed by President Rutherford B. Hayes as U.S. Minister to Spain, 1877-80, and England, 1880-85,...

John Ruskin (February 8, 1819-January 20, 1900) was an English critic, author and philanthropist. He stated: <Whatever merit there is in anything that I have written is simply due to the fact that when I was a child my mother daily read me a part of the Bible and daily made me learn a part of it by heart.> 1819JR001 To my early knowledge of the Bible I owe the best part of my taste in literature, and the most precious, and on the whole, the one essential part of my education.> 1819JR002 In Volume II of Ruskin's Praeterita, he wrote:...

William Ross Wallace (1819-May 5, 1881) was an American poet. In The Hand That Rules the World, st. I, he stated: <The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.> 1819WW001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1819WW001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). William Ross Wallace, in The Hand That Rules the World, st. I. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 573.

Maryland Constitution (1818) Amendment proposed by Act of 1817: <CHAPTER 61. SECTION 1. All persons professing the Christian Religion, who hold it unlawful to take an oath on any occasion shall be allowed to make their solemn affirmation, in the same manner that Quakers have heretofore been allowed to affirm, which affirmation shall be of same avail as an oath to all intents and purposes whatever. SECTION 2. Before any such person shall be admitted as a witness or Juror in any Court of Justice in this State, the Court shall be satisfied by competent testimony that such person is...