Smith Began

Famous quotes containing the words smith and/or began:

    “My country, ‘tis of thee,
    Sweet land of liberty,
    Of thee I sing;
    Land where my fathers died,
    Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
    From every mountain-side
    Let freedom ring!”
    —Samuel Francis Smith (1808–1895)

    “I now first began to inhabit my house, I may say, when I began to use it for warmth as well as shelter.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)