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Francis Wayland
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“It was Homer who gave laws to the artist.”
Francis Wayland (1796–1865) said by 1865 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Iliad and the Bible, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 45.
“It was Homer who inspired the poet.”
Francis Wayland (1796–1865) said by 1865 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Iliad and the Bible, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 609.
“When men differ in any matter of belief, let them meet each other manfully.”
Francis Wayland (1796–1865) said by 1865 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 162.
“When the fight thickens the captain says, "Steady, boys;" and it is their steadiness which pulls the soldiers through. Fitful soldiers are rarely useful ones. That is our great need to-day, steady Christians — men and women you can count on. Many Christians are like intermittent springs. They flow to-day — to-morrow you cannot get a thimbleful of religious activity out of the dried channel of their lives.”
Francis Wayland (1796–1865) said by 1865 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 248.