American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

North Carolina Constitution (1868)

North Carolina Constitution (1868): <"The following persons shall be disqualified for office: First, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God..."> 1868NC001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1868NC001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). North Carolina Constitution, 1868.

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Robert Falcon Scott (June 6, 1868-March 29, 1912)

Robert Falcon Scott (June 6, 1868-March 29, 1912) was an English explorer. He led an expedition to the Antarctic, and on January 18, 1912, reached the South Pole. Caught in a snowstorm on their return trip, both he and the four other men in his expedition died. He kept a journal up to the day of his death; his final entry on Thursday, March 29, 1912, stated: <For God's sake look after our people.> 1868RS001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1868RS001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Robert...

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Maryland Constitution (1867)

Maryland Constitution (1867): <PREAMBLE. We, the People of the State of Maryland, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberty, and taking into our serious consideration the best means of establishing a good Constitution in this State for the sure foundation and more permanent security thereof, declare... ARTICLE 24. That Slavery shall not be re-established in this State; but having been abolished, under the policy and authority of the United States, compensation, in consideration thereof, is due from the United States... ARTICLE 36. That as it is the duty of every man to worship God in such manner...

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Stanley Baldwin (August 3, 1867-December 14, 1947)

Stanley Baldwin (August 3, 1867-December 14, 1947) the 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, was British Prime Minister, 1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37; and Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1922-23. He stated: <The Holy Bible is not only great but high explosive literature. It works in strange ways and no living man can tell or know how that book in its journeyings through the world has started an individual soul 10,000 different places into a new life, a new belief, a new conception and a new faith.> 1867SB001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement....

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Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867-April 9, 1959)

Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867-April 9, 1959) was an American architect, known for his bold originality of design. Famous edifices designed by him are: the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan (1916); the Millard House, Pasadena, California (1923); Oak Park Unity Temple, outside Chicago, Illinois (1904); and Taliesin, his private residence, Spring Green, Wisconsin (1911). He founded and directed "The Taliesin Fellowship," an experimental school of the arts, and published the magazine Taliesin. His works include: In the Cause of Architecture (1909-1923); An Inscription of Japanese Prints (1912); Experimenting with Human Lives (1923); Modern Architecture (1931); An Autobiography-Frank Lloyd Wright (1932; 1943);...

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