Famous quotes containing the words race and/or held:
“Before we shall again behold
In his diurnal race the worlds great eye,
We may as silent be and cold
As are the shades where buried lovers lie.”
—Sir William Davenant (16061668)
“A regular council was held with the Indians, who had come in on their ponies, and speeches were made on both sides through an interpreter, quite in the described mode,the Indians, as usual, having the advantage in point of truth and earnestness, and therefore of eloquence. The most prominent chief was named Little Crow. They were quite dissatisfied with the white mans treatment of them, and probably have reason to be so.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)