American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Nebraska (March 1, 1867) was the 37th State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Nebraska, adopted June 12, 1875, stated: <Preamble. We, the people, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom...establish this Constitution.> 1867NE001 <Article I, Section IV. Religion, morality, and knowledge, however, being essential to good government, it shall be the duty of the legislature to pass suitable laws...to encourage schools and the means of instruction.> 1867NE002 <Bill of Rights, Article I, Section 4. All persons have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences.> 1867NE003 --...

North American Review (1867) reported: <The American government and the Constitution is the most precious possession which the world holds, or which the future can inherit. This is true- true because the American system is the political expression of Christian ideas.> 1867NA001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1867NA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). North American Review, 1867. Stephen K. McDowell and Mark A. Beliles, The Spirit of the Constitution. David Barton, The Myth of Separation (Aledo, TX: WallBuilder Press, 1991), p. 136.

Herbert George "H.G." Wells (September 21, 1866-August 13, 1946) was one of the best-known British literary figures. He was a novelist, historian, sociologist, and scientific writer. "New Jersey is being invaded by Martians!" exclaimed actor Orson Welles reading the script of a 1938 radio drama based on the novel War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Herbert George Wells was from an impoverished lower middle class family. He failed as a draper and chemist assistant before going into literature. H.G. Wells wrote many best-selling science fiction novels: The Time Machine, 1895; The Island of Doctor Moreau, 1896; The Invisible Man, 1897;...

Sir Arthur Keith (February 5, 1866-January 7, 1955) was a Scottish anatomist, anthropologist, fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Hunterian Professor and conservator of the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London. Sir Arthur Keith wrote the foreword to the 100th edition of Origin of the Species, admitting: <Evolution is unproved and unprovable.> 1866AK001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1866AK001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Sir Arthur Keith, statement.

Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865-January 18, 1936) was a British novelist. He was born in Bombay, educated in England, and in 1882 returned to India as a journalist. In 1889 Kipling arrived back in England, where his popularity as a writer grew tremendously. In 1907, he received the Nobel Prize for literature. He works include: Wee Willie Winkie and Other Children's Stories, 1888; Barrack Room Ballads, 1892-93; The Jungle Book, 1894; Kim, 1901. In Gunga Din, 1892, Rudyard Kipling penned: <Though I've belted you and flayed you, By the livin' Gawd that made you, You're a better man than I...