Village History

Famous quotes containing the words village and/or history:

    “When the enterprising burglar isn’t burgling,
    When the cut-throat isn’t occupied in crime,
    He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling,
    And listen to the merry village chime.”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “... in America ... children are instructed in the virtues of the system they live under, as though history had achieved a happy ending in American civics.”
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