| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| | | Matthew Arnold. (1822–1888) (continued) |
| | | 7496 | | The men of culture are the true apostles of equality. |
| From Culture and Anarchy. |
| 7497 | | The pursuit of the perfect, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. |
| From Culture and Anarchy. |
| 7498 | | There is no better motto which it [culture] can have than these words of Bishop Wilson, “To make reason and the will of God prevail.” |
| From Culture and Anarchy. |
| 7499 | | Philistine must have originally meant, in the mind of those who invented the nickname, a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the children of the light. |
| Essays in Criticism. Heinrich Heine. |
| 7500 | | The vast Mississippi of falsehood. |
| History. |
| 7501 | Resolve to be thyself; and know, that he
Who finds himself, loses his misery. |
| Self-Dependence. |
| | | Rutherford Birchard Hayes. (1822–1893) |
| | | 7502 | | He serves his party best who serves the country best. |
| Inaugural Address, March 5, 1877. |
| 7503 | | The only road, the sure road—to unquestioned credit and a sound financial condition is the exact and punctual fulfilment of every pecuniary obligation, public and private, according to its letter and spirit. |
| Speech at N. E. Society Dinner, Brooklyn, Dec. 21, 1880. |
| | | James Matthews Legaré (1823–1859) |
| | | 7504 | Go bow thy head in gentle spite,
Thou lily white,
For she who spies thee waving here,
With thee in beauty can compare
As day with night. |
| To a Lily. |
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