Famous quotes containing the words major, general and/or jack:
“Uncle Bens brass bullet-mould
And powder horn, and Major Bogans face
Above the fire, in the half-light, plainly said
Theres naught to kill but the animated dead;”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
“Can a woman become a genius of the first class? Nobody can know unless women in general shall have equal opportunity with men in education, in vocational choice, and in social welcome of their best intellectual work for a number of generations.”
—Anna Garlin Spencer (18511931)
“That is the man all tattered and torn
That kissed the maiden all forlorn”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th18th century. The House That Jack Built (l. 2930)