“It is the historic glory of the intellectual class of the West in modern times that, of all the classes which could be called in any sense privileged, it has shown the largest and most consistent concern for the well-being of the classes which lie below it in the social scale.” WellsLyingSocialClassModernIntellectualGloryConcernWestScalesWell BeingConsistentPrivilegedHistoricModern Times Book:Anti-Intellectualism in American Life Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
“And Potomac flowed calmly, scarce heaving her breast, With her low-lying billows all bright in the west, For a charm as from God lulled the waters to rest Of the fair rolling river.” LyingWaterLowsFairsRiversWestCharmBreastsRollingScarce Book:Poems of Paul Hamilton Hayne Source: Poems of Paul Hamilton Hayne
“It was on the first day of Beltaine, that is called now May Day, the Tuatha de Danaan came, and it was to the north-west of Connacht they landed. But the Firbolgs, the Men of the Bag, that were in Ireland before them, and that had come from the South, saw nothing but a mist, and it lying on the hills.” MenFirstsMayLyingSawsWestSouthHillsBagsIrelandMistMay Day Book:The Essential Lady Gregory Collection Source: The Essential Lady Gregory Collection