American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878-July 22, 1967) was an American poet and biographer. He received the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1940, and for poetry in 1951. He was honored with Gold Medals from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; the Poetry Society of America; and in 1964 received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His works include: Chicago Poems, 1915; Rootabaga Stories, 1922; American Songbag, 1927; Remembrance Rock, 1948; and his autobiography Always the Young Strangers, 1953. He received acclaim for the biographical works, Abraham Lincoln-The Prairie Years, 1926; and Abraham Lincoln-The War Years, 1939, resulting in his being asked...

Paul Lemoine (1878-1940) was the President of the Geological Society of France, director of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris and a chief editor of the 1937 edition of the Encyclopedia Francaise. Paul Lemoine is attributed with the statement: <The theory of evolution is impossible. At base, in spite of appearances, no one any longer believes in it....Evolution is a kind of dogma which the priests no longer believe, but which they maintain for their people.> 1878PL001 In the Encyclopedie Francaise (French Encyclopedia, circa 1950s), volume 5, Paul Lemoine wrote: <It results from this explanation that the theory of evolution...

Henry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969) was one of the best-known ministers of his day. He pastored the First Presbyterian Church, New York City, and later the Park Avenue Baptist Church, New York City. He wrote numerous works, including: The Meaning of Prayer; Twelve Tests of Character; The Man From Nazareth; Martin Luther; The Manhood of the Master; On Being a Real Person; On Being Fit to Live; and his autobiography The Living of These Days. In 1920, he wrote The Meaning of Service, in which he stated: <The Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea are made of the same water. It...

United States Supreme Court (1878) rendered its opinion on the case of Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145, 165 (1878). The same men that passed the act creating religious freedom in Virginia, also passed very strict laws against polygamy and sexual immorality, as documented in the Supreme Court's decision of 1878: <It is a significant fact that on the 8th of December, 1788, after the passage of the act establishing religious freedom, and after the convention of Virginia had recommended as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States the declaration in a bill of rights that "all men...

Duquesne University (1878) was founded by the Catholic Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its motto stated: <Spiritus est qui vivificat (It is the Spirit that gives light).> 1878DU001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1878DU001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Duquesne University, 1878, Motto. Charles Wallis, ed., Our American Heritage (NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 1970), p. 176.