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Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes

It was part of your religion to hate the British Picture Quote #1

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage Picture Quote #1

These great turning-days of life cast no shadow before, slip by unconsciously. Only a trifle, a little turn of the rudder, and the ship goes to heaven or hell Picture Quote #1

We don’t often look into these unpleasant details of our great struggle. We all prefer to think that every man who wore the blue or gray was a Philip Sidney at heart Picture Quote #1

I went to Concord, a young woman from the backwoods, firm in belief that Emerson was the first of living men. He was the modern Moses who had talked with God apart and could interpret Him to us Picture Quote #1

But remember, I am no politician, and no seer into souls Picture Quote #1

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But, after all, we are a young nation, and vanity is a fault of youth Picture Quote #1

Crime, to the man of the forties, was an alien monstrous terror Picture Quote #1

Reform is born of need, not pity Picture Quote #1

The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet Picture Quote #1

You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it Picture Quote #1

While the light burning within may have been divine, the outer case of the lamp was assuredly cheap enough. Whitman was, from first to last, a boorish, awkward poseur Picture Quote #1

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Reform is born of need, not pity. No vital movement of the people has worked down, for good or evil; fermented, instead, carried up the heaving, cloggy mass Picture Quote #1

... while the light burning within may have been divine, the outer case of the lamp was assuredly cheap enough Picture Quote #1

... I suppose that the party or sect which is to do any work in the world must breathe its own peculiar atmosphere, speak its own little patois, and see but one side of the question on which it fights Picture Quote #1

You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost captain of his time, driving a bargain or paring a potato, just as you would do Picture Quote #1

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage. That is all true. But it is only fair, too, to let them know that the garments of the deity are filthy and that some of her influences debase and befoul a people Picture Quote #1

We have grown used to money. The handling, the increase of it, is the chief business of life now with most of us Picture Quote #1

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War may be an armed angel with a mission, but she has the personal habits of the slums Picture Quote #1

The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into every individual life in the region given up to the war. Where the armies camped the destruction was absolute Picture Quote #1

Sitting by the chimney corner as we grow old, the commonest things around us take on live meanings and hint at the difference between these driving times and the calm, slow moving days when we were young Picture Quote #1

It is a good rule never to see or talk to the man whose words have wrung your heart, or helped it, just as it is wise not to look down too closely at the luminous glow which sometimes shines on your path on a summer night, if you would not see the ugly worm below Picture Quote #1

It has happened to me to meet many of the men of my day whom the world agreed to call great Picture Quote #1

For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread Picture Quote #1

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America may have great poets and novelists, but she never will have more than one necromancer Picture Quote #1

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It was part of your religion to hate the British (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage. (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) These great turning-days of life cast no shadow before, slip by unconsciously. Only a trifle, a little turn of the rudder, and the ship goes to heaven or hell (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) We don’t often look into these unpleasant details of our great struggle. We all prefer to think that every man who wore the blue or gray was a Philip Sidney at heart (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) I went to Concord, a young woman from the backwoods, firm in belief that Emerson was the first of living men. He was the modern Moses who had talked with God apart and could interpret Him to us (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) But remember, I am no politician, and no seer into souls (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) But, after all, we are a young nation, and vanity is a fault of youth (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) Crime, to the man of the forties, was an alien monstrous terror (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) Reform is born of need, not pity (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) While the light burning within may have been divine, the outer case of the lamp was assuredly cheap enough. Whitman was, from first to last, a boorish, awkward poseur (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) Reform is born of need, not pity. No vital movement of the people has worked down, for good or evil; fermented, instead, carried up the heaving, cloggy mass (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) ... while the light burning within may have been divine, the outer case of the lamp was assuredly cheap enough (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) ... I suppose that the party or sect which is to do any work in the world must breathe its own peculiar atmosphere, speak its own little patois, and see but one side of the question on which it fights (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost captain of his time, driving a bargain or paring a potato, just as you would do (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage. That is all true. But it is only fair, too, to let them know that the garments of the deity are filthy and that some of her influences debase and befoul a people (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) We have grown used to money. The handling, the increase of it, is the chief business of life now with most of us (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) War may be an armed angel with a mission, but she has the personal habits of the slums (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into every individual life in the region given up to the war. Where the armies camped the destruction was absolute (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) Sitting by the chimney corner as we grow old, the commonest things around us take on live meanings and hint at the difference between these driving times and the calm, slow moving days when we were young (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) It is a good rule never to see or talk to the man whose words have wrung your heart, or helped it, just as it is wise not to look down too closely at the luminous glow which sometimes shines on your path on a summer night, if you would not see the ugly worm below (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) It has happened to me to meet many of the men of my day whom the world agreed to call great (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes) America may have great poets and novelists, but she never will have more than one necromancer (Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes)