American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Robert Browning (May 7, 1812-December 12, 1889) was an English poet. His works include: Pauline, My Last Duchess; Men and Women, 1855; and The Ring and the Book, 1868-69. Robert Browning wrote: <Grow old along with me. The best is yet to be; the last of life, for which the first was made. Our times are in His hands who saith, "A whole I planned, youth shows but half. Trust God; see all, nor be afraid."> 1812RB001 In The Guardian Angel, 1842, Robert Browning wrote: <O world, as God has made it! All is beauty.> 1812RB002 Robert Browning wrote in...

Louisiana (April 30, 1812) was the 18th State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Louisiana, adopted 1921, stated: <Preamble. We, the people of the State of Louisiana, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy, and desiring to secure the continuance of these blessings, do ordain and establish this Constitution.> 1812LA001 <Article I, Section 4. Every person has the natural right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience.>1812LA002 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes:. 1812LA001. William...

Henry Wilson (February 16, 1812-November 22, 1875) was a U.S. Senator, 1855-72; and Vice-President under Ulysses S. Grant, 1873-75. He took a strong stand against slavery, and in 1848 he helped found the Free Soil Party. Henry Wilson declared: <Men who see not God in our history have surely lost sight of the fact that, from the landing of the Mayflower to this hour, the great men whose names are indissolubly associated with the colonization, rise, and progress of the Republic have borne testimony to the vital truths of Christianity.> 1812HW001 On December 23, 1866, in speaking at Natick, Massachusetts,...

Charles Dickens (February 7, 1812-June 9, 1870) was a distinguished English author. His works include: Pickwick Papers, 1837; Oliver Twist, 1838; David Copperfield, 1849-50; Great Expectations, 1860-61; Tale of Two Cities, 1859; and the favorite, A Christmas Carol, 1843, which sold 6,000 copies its first day. Perhaps the most touching moment in Dickens' novel, A Christmas Carol, was Tiny Tim's line: <God bless us every one.> 1812CD001 Charles Dickens remarked: <I love little children, and it is not a slight thing when they, who are fresh from God, love us.> 1812CD002 In 1849, 21 years before his death, Charles Dickens...

Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811-July 1, 1896) was an American teacher and author. She became famous for authoring the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852. She was the daughter of the New England minister Lyman Beecher, and the sister of Henry Ward Beecher, one of the most renowned preachers of the day. Her book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, published first in serial form between 1851-52, gained international fame and greatly stirred up the abolitionist movement. When President Lincoln met her, he greeted her by saying: <So you're the little lady who started the big war.> 1811HS001 Her book ends by...