Catskill Mountain Railroad/history

Famous quotes containing the words mountain, railroad and/or history:

    “And as it measured in her calipers,
    The mountain stood exalted in its place.
    So love will take between the hands a face. . . .”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “This I saw when waking late,
    Going by at a railroad rate,
    Looking through wreaths of engine smoke
    Far into the lives of other folk.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite!
    There are only two great currents in the history of mankind: the baseness which makes conservatives and the envy which makes revolutionaries.”
    —Edmond De Goncourt (1822–1896)