American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

William Whiting (November 1, 1825-May 3, 1878) wrote The Hymn of the U.S. Navy in 1860, titled Eternal Father, Strong to Save, st. I: <Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm doth bind the restless wave, Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep, O, hear us when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the sea!> 1825WW001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1825WW001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). William Whiting, 1860, wrote The Hymn of the U.S. Navy, Eternal Father, Strong...

Samuel Sullivan Cox (September 30, 1824-September 10, 1889) was a U.S. Representative, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and popular speaker. In the work Memorial Addresses, published by the U.S. Congress, 1890, Samuel Sullivan Cox's address to Congress is recorded: <I believe in the religion which was taught and exemplified in the life of the Nazarene, and I never fail to bear testimony to the ennobling and purifying influence of the Christian religion.... There was a poignancy in my heart when I saw the old church, where I so often worshipped, razed to the ground. Was it not there I attended my first...

Sir William Thompson Kelvin (June 26, 1824-December 17, 1907) was a British physicist. He developed degrees Kelvin to record temperatures on an absolute scale. He held the chair of Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow for 54 years. He formulated the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics, introduced the Concept of Energy, and made enormous advancements in the areas of mathematics and physics. Among his great contributions were the invention of a ship's compass which was largely freed from the magnetic influence of the iron in the ship, as well as helping to design and lay the first trans-atlantic...

Alfred Holt Colquitt (April 20, 1824-March 26, 1894) was an American politician, orator and statesman. He served as a U.S. Senator and Governor of Georgia. On December 7, 1887, in Washington, Alfred Holt Colquitt remarked at the Evangelical Alliance: <I believe it is the mission of the ministers today, and of Christian laymen in this land, to go out into the fields and highways and meet the enemies that are seeking to place barriers in the way of Christian civilization - to meet the foe as he comes. Religion and politics ought to be wedded like a loving pair. The spirit...

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824-May 10, 1863) was a Confederate General during the Civil War, serving under General Robert E. Lee. General Jackson's tremendous success in combat against great odds was observed in numerous battles, including the: Battle of Bull Run; Shenandoah Valley; Cross Keys; Port Republic; Seven Day's Battle; Second Battle of Bull Run; etc. When he died, General Lee exclaimed, "I have lost my right arm." As professor of philosophy and tactics at Virginia Military Institute, General Jackson once said: <When we take our meals, there is the grace. When I take a draught of water, I always...