John Smith Phelps

Famous quotes containing the words john, smith and/or phelps:

    “Of all the men who were said to be my contemporaries, it seemed to me that John Brown was the only one who had not died.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Not ringed but rare, not gilled but polyp-like, having sprung up
    overnight—

    These mushrooms of the gods, resembling human organs uprooted,
    rooted only on the air,”
    —William Jay Smith (b. 1918)

    “It is not in our drawing-rooms that we should look to judge of the intrinsic worth of any style of dress. The street-car is a truer crucible of its inherent value.”
    —Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)