American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi (September 9, 1828-November 20, 1910) was a Russian author, playwright and writer. He wrote in War and Peace, 1865- 69, book XIV, chapter 18: <For us, with the rule of right and wrong given us by Christ, there is nothing for which we have no standard. And there is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness and truth.> 1828LT001 Leo Tolstoi wrote: <Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars.> 1828LT002 In describing President Abraham Lincoln after his death, Count Leo...

Lewis "Lew" Wallace (April 10, 1827-February 15, 1905) was a Major-General in the Civil War, a diplomat and the author of the novel, Ben-Hur, 1880. He became the Governor of New Mexico, 1878-81; and served as the U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1881-85. On February 2, 1893, Lew Wallace wrote in the Youth Companion: <At that time (1875), speaking candidly, I was not in the least influenced by religious sentiment. I had no conviction about God and Christ. I neither believed nor disbelieved them.... I had been listening to a discussion which involved such elemental points as God, Heaven, life hereafter, Jesus...

Joseph Lister (April 5, 1827-February 10, 1912) was an English surgeon who pioneered "antiseptic surgery," by the application of chemical disinfectants. In 1865, he introduced the use of carbolic acid. He was the founder of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine in London. He also served as the President of the British Association and the Royal Society. Lord Joseph Lister, who was of Quaker background, stated: <I am a believer in the fundamental doctrines of Christianity.> 1827JL001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1827JL001. William J. Federer, American Quotations...

Stephen Bleecker Luce (March 25, 1827-July 28, 1917) served as U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, 1885, and U.S. Navy Commodore, 1881. During the Civil War, he commanded the monitor Nantucket; the frigate Wabash; the double-ender Sonoma; as well as the Canadaigua; and the Pontiac.  Stephen Bleecker Luce founded the U.S. Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island, considered the highest educational institution in the U.S. Navy. In 1884, as the first president of the college, Stephen Bleecker Luce stated: <Surely seamen are worthy to appear in your "Cloud of Witnesses." Not only did our Saviour consort with the seamen of Galilee, but...

Anna Bartlett Warner (August 31, 1827-January 22, 1915) in 1858 wrote The Love of Jesus: <Jesus loves me-this I know, For the Bible tells me so.> 1827AW001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1827AW001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Anna Bartlett Warner, 1858, in The Love of Jesus. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 599.