American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

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 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 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...

James Wilson (September 14, 1742-August 21, 1798) was a Supreme Court Justice appointed by President George Washington, 1789-98. Born and educated in Scotland, he held the distinction of being one of six Founding Fathers to sign both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. James Wilson was very active in the Constitutional Convention, having spoken 168 times. In 1790, James Wilson became the first Law Professor of the University of Pennsylvania. In his Lectures on Law, delivered at the College of Philadelphia, 1789- 91, James Wilson explained that all law comes from God, and can be divided into four categories:...

Nathaniel Greene (August 7, 1742-June 19, 1786) was a major general of the Continental Army. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Greene held the lowest rank of a militia private, but the War's end, he was considered George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer. He served in the Rhode Island Legislature, 1770-72, 1775. On January 4, 1776, while at Camp Prospect Hill, General Nathaniel Greene wrote to Samuel Ward, delegate from Rhode Island to Samuel Ward, Rhode Island's Representative in the Continental Congress: <Permit me, then, to recommend from the sincerity of my heart, ready at all times to...

Samuel Provoost (February 26, 1742-September 6, 1815) was the first Protestant Episcopal Bishop of New York and the first Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, elected April 25, 1789, and appropriated a salary by Congress. On April 30, 1789, Bishop Samuel Provoost conducted the service following George Washington's Inauguration at St. Paul's Chapel, attended by the President, his staff and all the leaders of the new government. Bishop Samuel Provoost also officiated the memorial service for George Washington at St. Paul's Chapel, December 31, 1799. On Sunday, July 15, 1787, Right Reverend, Doctor Samuel Provoost preached the first ordination sermon in St....

John Langdon (June 26, 1741-September 18, 1819) was a merchant, soldier and a signer of the United States Constitution. He was a U.S. Senator, 1789-1801, and Governor of New Hampshire, 1805-08, 1810-11. A sixth generation American, he was the first citizen of considerable wealth to put himself and his fortune in jeopardy during the Revolution. He not only supplied arms and money to the Continental Army, but fought as a colonel in the militia as well. John Langdon considered slothfulness the same as infidelity, as he stated in a speech before Congress: <There was evidence in New Hampshire of an "infidel...