John Greenleaf Whittier was an influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States.
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“We meet todayTo thank Thee for the era done,And Thee for the opening one”
John Greenleaf Whittier
“Here Greek and Roman find themselves alive along these crowded shelves; and Shakespeare treads again his stage, and Chaucer paints anew his age.”
“It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.”
“I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.”
“You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.”
“Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.”
“Clothe with life the weak intent, let me be the thing I meant”
“The saddest are these: 'It might have been!'”
“Through this broad street, restless ever, ebbs and flows a human tide, wave on wave a living river; wealth and fashion side by side; Toiler, idler, slave and master, in the same quick current glide.”
“God's colors all are fast.”