One of the best regarded American poets of the 19th century.. American physician poet professor lecturer and author
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A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience. Go to Quote / Comment
Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children Go to Quote / Comment
For, stripped of the temporary associations which gave rise to it, it is now the moment when by common consent we pause to become conscious of our national life and to rejoice in it, to recall what our country has done for each of us, and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return. Go to Quote / Comment
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in colour and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used. Go to Quote / Comment
I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn. Science Go to Quote / Comment