American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Henry Wilson (February 16, 1812-November 22, 1875) was a U.S. Senator, 1855-72; and Vice-President under Ulysses S. Grant, 1873-75. He took a strong stand against slavery, and in 1848 he helped found the Free Soil Party. Henry Wilson declared: <Men who see not God in our history have surely lost sight of the fact that, from the landing of the Mayflower to this hour, the great men whose names are indissolubly associated with the colonization, rise, and progress of the Republic have borne testimony to the vital truths of Christianity.> 1812HW001 On December 23, 1866, in speaking at Natick, Massachusetts,...

Charles Dickens (February 7, 1812-June 9, 1870) was a distinguished English author. His works include: Pickwick Papers, 1837; Oliver Twist, 1838; David Copperfield, 1849-50; Great Expectations, 1860-61; Tale of Two Cities, 1859; and the favorite, A Christmas Carol, 1843, which sold 6,000 copies its first day. Perhaps the most touching moment in Dickens' novel, A Christmas Carol, was Tiny Tim's line: <God bless us every one.> 1812CD001 Charles Dickens remarked: <I love little children, and it is not a slight thing when they, who are fresh from God, love us.> 1812CD002 In 1849, 21 years before his death, Charles Dickens...

Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811-July 1, 1896) was an American teacher and author. She became famous for authoring the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852. She was the daughter of the New England minister Lyman Beecher, and the sister of Henry Ward Beecher, one of the most renowned preachers of the day. Her book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, published first in serial form between 1851-52, gained international fame and greatly stirred up the abolitionist movement. When President Lincoln met her, he greeted her by saying: <So you're the little lady who started the big war.> 1811HS001 Her book ends by...

Sir James Young Simpson (June 7, 1811-May 6, 1870) was a Scottish obstetrician. He pioneered modern anesthesiology through his discovery of "Chloroform," 1847. He stated that his research was inspired by the "deep sleep" that Adam was put into. Sir James Young Simpson, considered a chief founder of the medical field of gynecology, served as Professor of Obstetric Medicine at Edinburgh University. He invented the Simpson forceps, introduced iron wire sutures, and acupressure. His writings on medical history, fetal pathology and hermaphroditism are highly regarded. James Simpson declared his greatest discovery was: <That I have a Saviour!> 1811JS001 A gospel...

Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811-November 29, 1872) was an American journalist, newspaper editor and politician. He made famous the phrase, "Go West, Young Man!" Horace Greeley founded and edited the New York Tribune daily paper and The New Yorker magazine. Called by the poet, John Greenleaf Whittier, "our later Franklin," Greeley's strong anti-slavery editorials helped to stir the North to oppose slavery. He was one of the founders of the Republican Party and used his influence to secure the nomination of Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency. In his Autobiography, Horace Greeley wrote: <It is impossible to mentally or socially enslave...