“A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle: and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. In poetic minds and in popular enthusiasm this feeling becomes closely associated with the soil and the symbols of the country. But the secret sanctification of the soil and the symbol is the idea which they represent, and this idea the patriot worships through the name and the symbol, as a lover kisses with rapture the glove of his mistress and wears a lock of her hair upon his heart.” MenMindHeartIdeasCountryFeelingsCertainNamesSecretPrinciplesLandHairLoversMountainKissingWorshipAreasRiversWoodsLoyaltyEnthusiasmSymbolsSoilPatriotismPoeticLocksPatriotMistressGlovesRaptureSanctification Book:On the principles and character of American institutions, and the duties of American citizens, 1856-1891 Source: On the principles and character of American institutions, and the duties of American citizens, 1856-1891
“Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.” YearsMatterFeelingsAgeFriendsAgingBirthdayElderly50th BirthdayFunny AgingBirthdays And AgingFunny Old Age BirthdayAge Of 40Inspirational Age30th BirthdayAge And WisdomFunny 40 Year Old BirthdayAge WisdomAging And WisdomWise AgeAge 30Forty Years Old Book:PRUE AND I Source: PRUE AND I
“It is the most human and kindly of seasons, as fully penetrated and irradiated with the feeling of human brotherhood, which is the essential spirit of Christianity, as the month of June with sunshine and the balmy breath of roses.” HumansFeelingsSpiritChristianityMonthsEssentialsSeasonsBreathsRoseChristmasSunshineBrotherhoodJuneMerry Christmas Author:George William Curtis
“There is very little moral mixture in the 'Antislavery' feeling of this country. A great deal is abstract philanthropy; part is hatred of slaveholders; a great part is jealousy for white labor, very little is consciousness of wrong done and the wish to right it.” LittlesWarCountryDoneFeelingsWishWhiteDealsConsciousnessMoralLaborHatredAbstractCivil WarPhilanthropyMixturesSlaveholders Author:George William Curtis
