19th-century Journalist Quotes

Jazz may be thought of as a current that bubbled forth from a spring in the slums of New Orleans to become the mainstream of the twentieth century. In less than fifty years it has flooded the United States and the rest of the world.

Her uncle drove a taxi which he had purchased on the 'never never' system. You pay $80 down and more than you can afford for the rest of your life.

Edgar Wallace
Edgar Wallace
Since the primary object of the scientific theory is to express the harmonies which are found to exist in nature, we see at once that these theories must have an aesthetic value. The measure of the success of a scientific theory is, in fact, a measure of its aesthetic value, since it is a measure of the extent to which it has introduced harmony in what was before chaos.

A city of sin and gayety unique on the North American continent.

The hedgerows are set with the crystals of winter, And ripe berries hiding from gay-feathered thieves ; The hand of December, the vigorous tinter, Has browned and encarmined the exquisite leaves.

O God, give me work till the end of my life
And life till the end of my work.

Annie S. Swan
Annie S. Swan
There is no more graceful and healthful accomplishment for a lady than fly-fishing, and there is no reason why a lady should not in every respect, rival a gentleman in the gentle art.

My studies in speculative philosophy, metaphysics, and science are all summed up in the image of a mouse called man, running in and out of every hole in the cosmos hunting for the absolute cheese.

Benjamin De Casseres
Benjamin De Casseres
O tell me, pretty maiden, are there any more at home like you?

The morning stars sang together. And a person of delicate ear and nice judgment discussed the singing at length, and showed how and wherein one star differed from another, and which was great and which was not. And still the morning stars sang together.

I am sure that it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may keep snug and dry by such knowledge, but one misses a world of loveliness.

Adeline Knapp
Adeline Knapp
The grandchildren of the kids who used to weep because the Little Match Girl froze to death now feel cheated if she isn't slugged, raped and thrown into a Bessemer converter.

Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Be awake! No man, or body of men have a claim upon your liberty, but yourselves.

William Cooper Nell
William Cooper Nell
Through interpretation, understanding; through understanding, appreciation; through appreciation, protection.

Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight. Make me a child again just for to-night.

Parapet, buttress, and arch and pier Beyond are as sound as ever! Now show us thy skill, Sir Engineer, For a roadway over the River!

The only true equalisers in the world are books; the only treasure-house open to all comers is a library; the only wealth which will not decay is knowledge; the only jewel which you can carry beyond the grave is wisdom.

It was a mere detail that my invention was no good.

People talk so much to me about the beauty of confidence. They seem to entirely ignore the much more subtle beauty of doubt. To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing. The Apostle Thomas was artistic up to a certain point. He appreciated the value of shadows in a picture. To be on the alert is to live. To be lulled into security is to die.

On this I ponder Where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, Sweet Cork, of thee, - With thy bells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee.

The idea that some day another wife would be added to our household was ever present in my mind, but, somehow, when the fact was placed before me in so many unmistakable words, my heart sank within me, and I shrank from the realization that our home was at last to be desecrated by the foul presence of Polygamy.

In tears I tossed my coin from Trevi's edge. A coin unsordid as a bond of love-- And, with the instinct of the homing dove, I gave to Rome my rendezvous and pledge. And when imperious Death Has quenched my flame of breath, Oh, let me join the faithful shades that throng that fount above.

Archaeology is too often considered to be the pursuit of weak-chested youths and eccentric old men; it is seldom regarded as a possible vocation for normal persons of sound health and balanced mind.

An astrologer is an artist, an astronomer is not; in fact, an astronomer is a mere... drudge, a dry, unpoetical, soulless calculator.

It is Astronomy that reveals to us the Universe in its majestic whole; it is she who has made us comprehend its structure, and after having gathered its thousand various elements into a gorgeous picture, has initiated us into the eternal laws that govern the Heavens.