American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Thomas Carlyle (December 4, 1795-February 5, 1881) was a Scottish essayist and historian. His works were controversial yet highly praised.  His books include: The Life of Schiller, 1826; The French Revolution, 1837; and On Heros and Hero Worship, 1840. He also translated Goethe's works from German into English. Thomas Carlyle wrote: <The Bible is the truest utterance that ever came by alphabetic letters from the soul of man, through which, as through a window divinely opened, all men can look into the stillness of eternity, and discern in glimpses their far- distant, long-forgotten home.> 1795TC001 <I call the Book of...

James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795-June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the United States, 1845-49, won the Mexican War against Santa Anna, 1848, which resulted in California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming being added to the Union; resolved dispute with Great Britain, 1846, fixing the Oregon border at the 49th parallel; Governor of Tennessee, 1839-41; U.S. Representative, 1824- 39, being Speaker of the House, 1835-39; married Sarah Childress, 1824; member of the Tennessee Legislature, 1823-25; admitted to the bar, 1820; and graduated from the University of North Carolina, 1818. On Tuesday,...

United States Congress Proclamation (January 1, 1795) after averting the crisis of the Whiskey Rebellion, a National Thanksgiving Proclamation was issued by President George Washington declaring Thursday, the 19th of February, 1795, as a National Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer: <The happy course of our public affairs in general, the unexampled prosperity of all classes of our citizens, are circumstances which peculiarly mark our situation with indications of the Divine Beneficence towards us. In such a state of things, it is in an especial manner our duty as a people, with devout reverence and affectionate gratitude, to acknowledge our many...

William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794-June 12, 1878) was an American poet and editor. He known as the "Father of American Poets," and wrote such titles as: Thanatopsis; To a Waterfowl; The Death of the Flowers; and To the Fringed Gentian. He was the editor in chief of the New York Evening Post for 50 years, lending its support in the formation of the Republican Party and the fight against slavery. William Cullen Bryant wrote: <The sacredness of the Bible awes me, and I approach it with the same sort of reverential feeling that an ancient Hebrew might be supposed...

Edward Everett (April 11, 1794-January 15, 1865) was an American diplomat, educator, orator and clergyman. He was Governor of Massachusetts, 1836-40; U.S. Minister to Britain, 1841-45; Secretary of State under President Fillmore, 1852-53; and U.S. Senator, 1853-54. He was the president of Harvard, 1846-49, and dedicated the national cemetery at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863, with President Abraham Lincoln. Edward Everett stated: <All the distinctive features and superiority of our republican institutions are derived from the teachings of Scripture.> 1794EE001 In an address at the opening of the Dudley Observatory in Albany, New York, Edward Everett remarked: <I do not wonder...