American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Henri Jean Fabre (December 22, 1823-October 11, 1915) was a French entomologist, considered the "Father of Modern Entomology." As a biologist, he pioneered unprecedented studies of insects in their habitats. He also authored numerous popular textbooks, including Souvenirs entomologigues, 1879-1907. Henri Jean Fabre, who was a personal friend of Louis Pasteur, asserted concerning God: <Without Him I understand nothing; without Him all is darkness....Every period had its manias. I regard Atheism as a mania. It is the malady of the age. You could take my skin from me more easily than my faith in God.> 1823HF001 -- American Quotations by William J....

Benjamin Harvey Hill (September 14, 1823-August 16, 1882) was an American statesman and orator from Georgia. He opposed secession prior to the Civil War, later became a U.S. Senator. In a tribute to Robert E. Lee, Benjamin Harvey Hill expressed: <He was a foe without hate, a friend without treachery, a soldier without cruelty, and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices, a private citizen without wrong, a neighbor without reproach, a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guile. He was a Caesar without his ambition, a Frederick without his tyranny, a Napoleon without his selfishness,...

Archibald Alexander Hodge (July 18, 1823-November 11, 1886) was an American author, lecturer and theologian at Princeton University, In 1873, he stated: <A Christian is just as much under the obligation to obey God's will in the most secular of his daily business as he is in his closet or at the communion table. He has no right to separate his life into two realms, and acknowledge different moral codes in each... The kingdom of God includes all sides of human life, and it is a kingdom of absolute righteousness. You are either a loyal subject or a traitor. When the king...

John Sherman (May 10, 1823-October 22, 1900) was an American political leader, the younger brother of the famous Civil War General, William Tecumseh Sherman. He served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1855-61; U.S. Senator, 1861-77, 1881-97; Secretary of the Treasury under President Hayes, 1877-81; and Secretary of State under President McKinley, 1897-98. John Sherman is noted for having introduced the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 1879, in an effort to curb the monopolies of big businesses. He stated: <I appreciate the Holy Bible as the highest gift of God to man, unless it be the "unspeakable Gift" of Jesus Christ as...

Schuyler Colfax (March 23, 1823-January 13, 1885) was an American editor and politician. He served as Vice-President of the United States under Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-73; a U.S. Representative for seven terms, 1855-69, and Speaker of the House Representatives, 1863-69. He founded the Daughters of Rebekah, the women's branch of American Odd Fellows, which is an organization to supply aid and assistance to those in need. Schuyler Colfax said: <Man derives his greatest happiness not by that which he does for himself, but by what he accomplishes for others. This is a sad world at best-a world of sorrow, of...