I shall be better satisfied if the same can be said of me as was said of the prophet of old, "That I walked in the fear of the Lord, and begat sons and daughters" [Genesis 5:22], than if it were inscribed on my tombstone that I governed the councils or commanded the arms of the whole continent of America.


Letters of Benjamin Rush: 1761-1792 (ed. 1951)

Benjamin Rush Quotes

I shall be better satisfied if the same can be said of me as was said of the prophet of old, That I walked in the fear of the Lord, and begat sons...

I shall be better satisfied if the same can be said of me as was said of the prophet of old, That I walked in the fear of the Lord, and begat sons...

I shall be better satisfied if the same can be said of me as was said of the prophet of old, That I walked in the fear of the Lord, and begat sons...

I shall be better satisfied if the same can be said of me as was said of the prophet of old, That I walked in the fear of the Lord, and begat sons...