Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only … - Rebecca Harding Davis

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

Get the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats. . .

Rebecca Harding Davis

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage. That is all true. But it is only fair, too, to let them know that the garments of the deity are filthy and that some of her influences debase and befoul a people.

Deity, Let, Look, People, Uplifting, War

Same Author Quotes

The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.

Banquet, Earth, Parts, Sun, Thanksgiving Inspirational

For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread. The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet. . . . Shall we think of the day as a chance to come nearer to our Host, and to find out something of Him who has fed us so long?

Banquet, Chance, Come, Godly, Inspirational, Thanksgiving

Reform is born of need, not pity. No vital movement of the people has worked down, for good or evil; fermented, instead, carried up the heaving, cloggy mass.

Evil, Good, People, Pity, Reform, Vital

I have never seen an adequate description anywhere of the amazement, the uncomprehending horror of the bulk of the American people which preceded the firing of that gun at Sumter. Politicians or far-sighted leaders on both sides knew what was coming. And it is they who have written histories of the war. But to the easy-going millions, busied with their farms or shops, the onrushing disaster was as inexplicable as an earthquake. Their protest arose from sea to sea like the clamor of a gigantic hive of frightened bees.

Adequate, Earthquakes, Gun, Protest, Sea, War

These great turning-days of life cast no shadow before, slip by unconsciously. Only a trifle, a little turn of the rudder, and the ship goes to heaven or hell.

Fate, Heaven, Hell, Life, Rudder, Shadow