American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773-April 4, 1841) was the 9th President of the United States, 1841, serving only one month before dying; U.S. Minister to Columbia, 1828-29; U.S. Senator, 1825-28; Ohio State Senator, 1819; U.S. Representative, 1816-19; Major General, appointed supreme commander in the Northwest, winning the Battle of Tippecanoe, 1811, and the Battle of the Thames, 1813; and Governor of Indiana Territory, 1800; U.S. Representative from the Northwest Territory, 1799; Secretary of the Northwest Territory, 1798; married Anna Symmes, 1795; enlisted in the U.S. Infantry, 1791; graduated from Hampden-Sidney College, 1790; and the son of Benjamin Harrison, a...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772-July 25, 1834) was an English poet, philosopher and critic. His works, which began the "Romantic Period" of English Literature, include: Kubla Khan, 1797; The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1797-98; and Christabel, 1797-1800. Samuel Taylor Coleridge stated: <I know the Bible is inspired because it finds me at greater depths of my being than any other book.> 1772SC001 <Is it fitting to run Jesus Christ in a silly parallel with Socrates-the Being whom thousands of millions of intellectual creatures, of whom I am a humble unit, take to be their Redeemer - with an...

Cyrus King (1772-1817) was a member of the United States Congress. He was on the Senate and House Joint Committee. He was brother of Rufus King, a signer of the Constitution of the United States. Cyrus King served as Major-General of the 6th Division of the Massachusetts Militia, and founded Thorton Academy. In response to Thomas Jefferson announcing his plans to donate his personal library of 6,487 books to the Library of Congress, Cyrus King motioned to the committee: <To report a new section authorizing the Library Committee, as soon as said library shall be received at Washington, to select...

James Montgomery (November 4, 1771-April 30, 1854) was a well-known Scottish newspaperman and poet. He edited the Sheffield Iris, and wrote many hymns, including What Is Prayer?, in which he penned: <Prayer is the soul's sincere desire Uttered or unexpressed; The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast.> 1771JM001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1771JM001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). James Montgomery, What is Prayer?, st. I. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 429.  

Sir Walter Scott (August 15, 1771-September 21, 1832) was a Scottish novelist and poet. His works include: The Lay of the Last Minstrel, 1805; Lady of the Lake, 1810; Ivanhoe, 1819; and The Talisman, 1825. In chapter XII of The Monastery, 1830, Sir Walter Scott wrote: <Oh, on that day, that wrathful day, When man to judgment wakes from clay, Be Thou, O Christ, the sinner's stay Though heaven and earth shall pass away. Within this awful Volume lies The mystery of mysteries. Happiest they, of human race, To whom our God has granted grace To read, to fear, to...