34 Quotes by Rebecca Harding Davis

It has happened to me to meet many of the men of my day whom the world agreed to call great.

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.

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.

Every child was taught from his cradle that money was Mammon, the chief agent of the flesh and the devil.

Our village was built on the Ohio River, and was a halting place on this great national road, then the only avenue of traffic between the South and the North.

But, after all, we are a young nation, and vanity is a fault of youth.

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.