“My mother's father taught English literature. When I was about ten or eleven, I could recite Macaulay's 'Lays of Ancient Rome.' While other kids were playing pedestrian war games, I'd be Horatius keeping the bridge.” WarKidsMotherFatherLiteratureGamesTaughtTenLaysAncientBridgesRomeElevenEnglish LiteraturePedestriansAncient RomeWar Games Author:Bernie Taupin
“Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.” WorldChristianCoursesFatherPracticeStandardsAncientPenaltiesDeath PenaltyChristian FatherAncient World Author:N. T. Wright
“TEDIUM, n. Ennui, the state or condition of one that is bored. Many fanciful derivations of the word have been affirmed, but so high an authority as Father Jape says that it comes from a very obvious source --the first words of the ancient Latin hymn _Te Deum Laudamus_. In this apparently natural derivation there is something that saddens.” FirstsHas BeensStatesFatherNaturalConditionsSourceAuthorityAncientObviousBoredFancyLatinHymnsEnnuiTedium Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)
“Now hear it, O inhabitants of the earth, Jew and Gentile, Saint and sinner! When our father Adam came into the garden of Eden, he came into it with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his wives, with him. He helped to make and organize this world. He is Michael, the Archangel, the Ancient of Days! about whom holy men have written and spoken -- He is our Father, and our God, and the only God with whom we have to do. Every man upon the earth, professing Christians or non professing, must hear it, and will know it sooner or later.” KnowsMenWorldBodyEarthChristianFatherWifeWrittenThis WorldHolyGardenAncientSaintJewEvery ManSinnerAdamSooner Or LaterOrganizeOur FatherCelestialEdenGarden Of EdenArchangelGentilesHoly ManSaints And SinnersCelestial Bodies Book:Journal of Discourses Source: Journal of Discourses
“[Our] plan is to follow the example of the prophets and the ancient fathers of the church, and to compose psalms...so that the Word of God may be among the people also in the form of music.” PeopleMayFormFatherChurchPlansExampleAncientProphetWord Of GodPsalms Author:Martin Luther
“Alan [Lomax] and his father started off changing the definition of folk music from something ancient and anonymous to something very contemporary.” FatherAncientFolksDefinitionsContemporaryFolk Music Author:Pete Seeger