It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory on all, that the destiny of the free republics of America was practically settled

Quote by James Russell Lowell

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Common Sense Quotes, Destiny Quotes, Education Quotes

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable The only argument available with an...

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable The only argument available with an...

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will...

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will...

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps...

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps...

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of...

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of...

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto...

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto...

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to...

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to...

In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.

In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't...

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't...

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the...

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the...

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon.

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon.

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

Heaven is neither here nor there to me. Everywhere and nowhere. Just not in between,...

Heaven is neither here nor there to me. Everywhere and nowhere. Just not in between,...

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the...

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the...

Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without...

Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without...

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do...

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do...