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“Fashion is aristocratic-autocratic.”

Quote by J. G. Holland

Book:PLAIN TALKS ON FAMILIAR SUBJECTS

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PLAIN TALKS ON FAMILIAR SUBJECTS

This book offers a series of essays that delve into common subjects, providing clear and concise discussions on a variety of everyday themes. more

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J. G. Holland was an American novelist renowned for his inspirational and Christian-themed works. Born on July 24, 1819, he crafted stories that offered hope and inspiration to readers. His novels often reflected his deep Christian faith and his belief in the power of the human spirit. Holland passed away on October 12, 1881, leaving behind a legacy of influential literature. more

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“Fashion is not public opinion, or the result of embodiment of public opinion. It may be that public opinion will condemn the shape of a bonnet, as it may venture to do always, and with the certainty of being right nine times in ten: but fashion will place it upon the head of every woman in America; and, were it literally a crown of thorns, she would smile contentedly beneath the imposition.”

May America Results Opinion Fashion Shapes Ten Nine Certainty Crowns Venture Public Opinion Thorns Embodiment Imposition Bonnets Crown Of Thorns

Author:J. G. Holland

“Everything good in a man thrives best when properly recognized.”

Men Goodness Thrive

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“A man who in the struggles of life has no home to retire to, in fact or in memory, is without life's best rewards and life's best defences.”

Men Facts Home Memories Struggle Rewards Retiring Defence Life Struggle

Author:J. G. Holland

“In the homes of America are born the children of America; and from them go out into American life, American men and women. They go out with the stamp of these homes upon them; and only as these homes are what they should be, will they be what they should be.”

Men Should Children Home America Born Men And Women Stamps American Life

Author:J. G. Holland

“No genuine observer can decide otherwise than that the homes of a nation are the bulwarks of personal and national safety and thrift.”

Home Nations Safety Genuine Observers Thrift

Author:J. G. Holland

“The pleasant converse of the fireside, the simple songs of home, the words of encouragement as I bend over my school-tasks, the kiss as I lie down to rest, the patient bearing with the freaks of my restless nature, the gentle counsels mingled with reproofs and approvals, the sympathy that meets and assuages every sorrow, and sweetens every little success--all these return to me amid the responsibilities which press upon me now, and I feel as if I had once lived in heaven, and, straying, had lost my way.”

“Posts of honor are evermore posts of danger and of care.”

Care Danger Honor Posts Evermore

Author:J. G. Holland

“God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into the nest. He does not unearth the good that the earth contains, but He puts it in our way, and gives us the means of getting it ourselves.”

Way Giving Mean Doe Earth Bird Labor Nests

Author:J. G. Holland

“To labor rightly and earnestly is to walk in the golden track that leads to God. It is to adopt the regimen of manhood and womanhood. It is to come into sympathy with the great struggle of humanity toward perfection. It is to adopt the fellowship of all the great and good the world has ever known.”

World Humanity Walks Known Struggle Labor Perfection Track Golden Womanhood Manhood Fellowship

Book:PLAIN TALKS ON FAMILIAR SUBJECTS

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“It is only rogues who feel the restraints of law.”

Feels Law Restraint Rogues

Author:J. G. Holland