American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838-July 1, 1905) was an ambassador to Great Britain under President McKinley. He served as Secretary of State, 1898-1905; and helped negotiate over fifty treaties. From the Open-Door policy with China, to the Panama Canal, to the Alaskan boundary, to the Philippine policy, he exerted a lasting impact on American foreign policy. In addition to serving as private secretary to President Lincoln, he was a poet and editorial writer for the New York Tribune. John Hay composed the poem: <SINAI AND CALVARY But Calvary stands to ransom The earth from utter loss; In shade than light...

John Wanamaker (July 11, 1838-December 12, 1922) was a U.S. Postmaster General, 1889-93; a financier; and founder of one of the first American department stores. He had served as secretary of the Philadelphia YMCA, 1857-61. In 1861, he formed a clothing business with Nathan Brown; in 1869 he founded John Wanamaker and Company; and in 1875 he purchased the freight depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad to house the store. John Wanamaker made numerous advancements in the field of advertising within the retail industry, having run the first full-page mercantile advertisement in an American paper. In addition, the two magazines he founded...

United States Congress (July 5, 1838) approved An Act to increase the present military establishment of the United States, and for other purposes: <Section 18. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the officers composing the council of administration at any post, from time to time, to employ such persons as they may think proper to officiate as chaplains, who shall also perform the duties of a schoolmaster at such post; and the person so employed shall, on the certificate of the commanding officer of the post, be paid such sum for his services, not exceeding forty...

William Edward Hartpole Lecky (March 26, 1838-October 22, 1903) was a Irish historian. His works include: A History of European Morals; and History of England in the Eighteenth Century. He stated concerning Christ: <Amid all the sins and failings, amid all the...persecution and fanaticism that have defaced the church, it has preserved in the character and example of its Founder, an enduring principle of regeneration.> 1838WL001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1838WL001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). William Edward Hartpole Lecky, History of European Morals from Augustus...

Henry Adams (February 16, 1838-March 27, 1918) was an American philosopher and historian. He was the great-grandson of John Adams, the grandson of John Quincy Adams, and the son of Charles Francis Adams. He authored The Education of Henry Adams, 1918; as well as a nine volume work, titled, History of the United States, 1889-91; in which he stated: <The Pilgrims of Plymouth, the Puritans of Boston, the Quakers of Pennsylvania, all avowed a moral purpose, and began by making institutions that consciously reflected a moral idea.> 1838HA001 Henry Adams wrote of Jefferson's attitude toward the Federal Government: <Not three years...