Edward Everett Quote

Literature is the voice of the age and the state; the character, energy, and resources of the country are reflected and imaged forth in the conceptions of its great minds; they are organs of the time; they speak not their own language, they scarce think their own thoughts; but under an impulse like the prophetic enthusiasm of old, they must feel and utter the sentiments which society inspires.


Selections from the Works of Edward Everett: With a Sketch of His Life (ed. 1839)


Literature is the voice of the age and the state; the character, energy, and resources of the country are reflected and imaged forth in the...

Literature is the voice of the age and the state; the character, energy, and resources of the country are reflected and imaged forth in the...

Literature is the voice of the age and the state; the character, energy, and resources of the country are reflected and imaged forth in the...

Literature is the voice of the age and the state; the character, energy, and resources of the country are reflected and imaged forth in the...