American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Maine Constitution (October 29, 1819): <PREAMBLE. We the people of Maine, in order to establish justice, insure tranquillity, provide for our mutual defense, promote our common welfare, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of liberty, acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity, so favorable to the design; and, imploring God's aid and direction in its accomplishment, do agree to form ourselves into a free and independent State, by the style and title of the State of Maine and do ordain and establish the following Constitution for...

William Starke Rosecrans (September 6, 1819-March 11, 1898) was a Union General during the Civil War. He was noted for having increased the number of chaplains in his company, insisting that his troops not fight on the Sabbath, and conversed often with his staff in religious discussions, once till 4 a.m. for ten nights in a row. Having been a significant part of many major battles, General Rosecrans motto was: <God never fails those who truly trust.> 1819WR001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1819WR001. William J. Federer, American Quotations...

Charles Anderson Dana (August 8, 1819-October 17, 1897) was an American newspaper journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of the New York Sun, under whose management it grew to become one of the largest newspapers in the country. He also served as Assistant Secretary of War during the Civil War. Charles Dana wrote: <I believe in Christianity; that it is the religion taught to men by God Himself in Person on earth. I also believe the Bible to be a Divine revelation. Christianity is not comparable with any other religion. It is the religion which came from God's own lips, and therefore...

Herman Melville (August 1, 1819-September 28, 1891) was an American author. He is considered to be one of the world's greatest novelists. In 1841 he had joined the crew of the whaling ship Acushnet, bound for the South Seas, the experiences of which proved invaluable in providing material for his novels. He sailed around Cape Horn, deserted in the Marquesas Islands, was held captive by Polynesian cannibals, escaped on the Australian whaler Lucy Ann, and finally ended up on the Island of Tahiti. He served on the frigate United States from 1843 to 1844, before settling near Pittsfield, Massachusetts. In 1856,...

Josiah Gilbert Holland (July 24, 1819-October 12, 1881) was a founder and editor of the popular Scribner's Monthly (later Century Magazine) and the Springfield Republican. He established the publishing policies of using contributors' names and receiving payment for everything published. A celebrated speaker on social topics and conduct of life, Josiah Gilbert Holland also wrote under the pen name "Timothy Titcomb." His well- read narrative works include the poems Kathrina and Bitter-Sweet. In 1872, Holland wrote in his Gradatim: <Heaven is not reached in a single bound.> 1819JG001 In his work, Wanted, also written in 1872, Josiah Gilbert Holland penned:...