John Lothrop Motley Quote

As long as he lived, he was the guiding-star of a whole brave nation, and when he died the little children cried in the streets.

Of William of Orange

The Rise of the Dutch Republic (1856) pt. 6, ch. 7


As long as he lived, he was the guiding-star of a whole brave nation, and when he died the little children cried in the streets.

As long as he lived, he was the guiding-star of a whole brave nation, and when he died the little children cried in the streets.

As long as he lived, he was the guiding-star of a whole brave nation, and when he died the little children cried in the streets.

As long as he lived, he was the guiding-star of a whole brave nation, and when he died the little children cried in the streets.