“Men are egotists, and not all tolerant of one man's selfhood; they do not always deem the amities elective.” MenOne ManEgotismAmity Author:Edmund Clarence Stedman
“Give us a man of God's own mould Born to marshall his fellow-men; One whose fame is not bought and sold At the stroke of a politician's pen. Give us the man of thousands ten, Fit to do as well as to plan; Give us a rallying-cry, and then Abraham Lincoln, give us a Man.” MenGivingWellsBornPlansCryHe ManPoliticianFitFameTenFellowsPensStrokesFellow ManAbrahamMouldMan Of GodRallyingRallying Cry Author:Edmund Clarence Stedman
“Lo, as I gaze, the statured man, Built up from you large hand appears: A type that nature wills to plan But once in all a people's years.” PeopleMenYearsHandsPlansTypeBuilt Author:Edmund Clarence Stedman
“The critic's first labor is the task of distinguishing between men, as history and their works display them, and the ideals which one and another have conspired to urge upon his acceptance.” MenFirstsAcceptanceIdealsLaborTasksCriticsUrgesDisplay Book:Poets of America Source: Poets of America