American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (April 2, 1834-October 4, 1904) was the French sculptor who designed and constructed The Statue of Liberty. Given by France to the United States, July 4, 1884, it has become a symbol of freedom throughout the world. The largest of its kind, the statue weighs 450,000 pounds and stands 305 feet above the base of the pedestal. It is supported by a steel structure built by Gustave Eiffel. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi wrote: <The statue was born for this place which inspired its conception. May God be pleased to bless my efforts and my work, and to crown it...

Lord Acton (January 10, 1834-June 19, 1902) was an English historian. Lord John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton was a member of the House of Commons, 1859-65; was editor of the journal Rambler, 1859-64.  He served as Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University and as editor of the massive Cambridge Modern History, 1899-1900. Lord Acton’s works include: The History of Freedom in Antiquity, 1877; The History of Freedom in Christianity, 1877; and Democracy in Europe, 1878. In 1877, Lord Acton declared concerning liberty: <That great political idea, sanctifying freedom and consecrating it to God, teaching men to treasure the liberties...

Sabine Baring-Gould (January 28, 1834-January 2, 1924) was an American songwriter. In 1864, during the critical period of the Civil War, he wrote a song underscoring the spiritual battle each individual is engaged in, titled Onward, Christian Soldiers: <Onward, Christian soldiers, Marching as to war, With the Cross of Jesus Going on before!> 1834SB001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1834SB001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Sabine Baring- Gould, 1864, first stanza of Onward, Christian Soldiers. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855,...

Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833-March 13, 1901) was the 23rd President of the United States, 1889-93. He married Mary Scott Lord Dimmick in 1896, after the death of his first wife. He was a U.S. Senator, 1881-87; Chairman of the Indiana delegations to the Republican National Conventions, 1880, 1884; member of the Mississippi River Commission, 1879, appointed by President Hayes. During the Civil War, he was a Brigadier General, 1865, during the Civil War; Colonel of the 70th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, 1862, taking part in the Atlanta campaign with General Sherman; appointed elder of the Presbyterian Church, 1861; Indiana State...

John Marshall Harlan (June 1, 1833-October 14, 1911) was a U.S. Supreme Court associate justice, 1877-1911, and Union Colonel during the Civil War. He is distinguished for opposing Southern segregation laws, being the only dissenter in the infamous Civil Rights Cases (1883), and Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). Harlan was the first Supreme Court justice to have earned a modern law degree, and the only one to have a descendent sit on the Court. Justice John Marshall Harlan was a devoted member of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, serving as Elder or Trustee from 1900-1911. He founded and presided over the...