American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is one of the greatest poets in American history. Born in Portland, Maine, He became professor of Modern Languages in Harvard University; wrote "Hyperion," a romance in prose, and a succession of poems as well as lyrics, among the former "Evangeline," "The Golden Legend," "Hiawatha," and "Miles Standish"
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Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, act in the living present! Heart within and God overhead. Go to Quote / Comment
Trust no future, however pleasant Let the dead past bury its dead Act, - act in the living Present Heart within and God overhead. Go to Quote / Comment
He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. Go to Quote / Comment
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied. Go to Quote / Comment
T trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at t beginning if it is to be stopped at all Go to Quote / Comment