American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Mecklenburg County Declaration of Independence (May 20, 1775) written in Charlotte, North Carolina by a convention of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. These county resolutions, prepared by the elder Ephraim Brevard, were sent by special courier to the Continental Congress. It reads: <We do hereby dissolve the political bands which have connected us with the mother-country, and hereby absolve ourselves from all allegiance to the British crown.... Resolved, That we do hereby declare ourselves a free and independent people; are, and of a right ought to be, a sovereign and self-governing Association, under control of no power other than that of our God...

Massachusetts Provincial Congress (April 15, 1775) just four days before the Battle of Lexington, declared a Day of Public Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer, signed by President of the Provincial Congress, John Hancock: <In circumstances dark as these, it becomes us, as Men and Christians, to reflect that, whilst every prudent Measure should be taken to ward off the impending Judgments....All confidence must be withheld from the Means we use; and reposed only on that GOD who rules in the Armies of Heaven, and without whose Blessing the best human Counsels are but Foolishness-and all created Power Vanity; It is the Happiness of...

Walter Savage Landor (January 30, 1775-September 17, 1864) was an English author and poet. His best-known work, Imaginary Conversations, was published between 1824-29. Walter Savage Landor declared: <To say nothing of its holiness or authority, the Bible contains more specimens of genius and taste than any other volume in existence.> 1775WL001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1775WL001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Walter Savage Landor. 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....

Andre Marie Ampere (January 22, 1775-June 10, 1836) was a French electrician and scientific writer. He discovered the relationship between magnetism and electricity, and defined a unit to measure the strength of an electric current. (Amperes equals volts divided by ohms.) Ampere wrote on a piece of paper before his death: <Believe in God, in His providence, in a future life, in the recompense of the good; in the punishment of the wicked; in the sublimity and truth of the doctrines of Christ, in a revelation of this doctrine by a special divine inspiration for the salvation of the human...

Sir Charles Bell (November 1774-April 28, 1842) was a great anatomist and surgeon. He was professor of Comparative Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons in England and author of numerous volumes. The title of one of his treatise was: <The Hand; Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments, and Evincing Design, and Illustrating the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God.> 1774CB001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1774CB001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Charles Bell, in his work titled, Bridgewater Treatise. Henry M. Morris, Men of Science-men of God...