Famous quotes containing the words west, college and/or corner:
“Its a fine land, the west land, for hearts as tired as mine,
Apple orchards blossom there, and the airs like wine.”
—John Masefield (18781967)
“The mode of founding a college is, commonly, to get up a subscription of dollars and cents, and then, following blindly the principles of a division of labor to its extreme,a principle which should never be followed but with circumspection,to call in a contractor who makes this a subject of speculation,... and for these oversights successive generations have to pay.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“People think that if a man has undergone any hardship, he should have a reward; but for my part, if I have done the hardest possible days work, and then come to sit down in a corner and eat my supper comfortablywhy, then I dont think I deserve any reward for my hard days workfor am I not now at peace? Is not my supper good?”
—Herman Melville (18191891)