In the glory which overhangs Palestine afar off, we imagine emotions which never come, when we tread the soil and walk over the hallowed sites. Bayard Taylor afaremotionglory Change image and share on social
As I toiled up the Mount of Olives, in the very footsteps of Christ, panting with the heat and the difficult ascent, I found it utterly impossible to conceive that the Deity, in human form, had walked there before me. Bayard Taylor ascentchristconceive share on social
The history of Germany is not the history of a nation, but of a race. It has little unity, therefore; it is complicated, broken, and attached on all sides to the histories of other countries. Bayard Taylor attachbreakcomplicate Change image and share on social
The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring. Bayard Taylor bravedarelove Change image and share on social
The original home of the Aryan race appears to have been somewhere among the mountains and lofty table-lands of Central Asia. The word 'Arya,' meaning the high or the excellent, indicates their superiority over the neighboring races long before the beginning of history. Bayard Taylor appeararyaaryan share on social
People can't see that if I had not been a poet, I could never have had such success as a traveler. Bayard Taylor peoplepoetsuccess Change image and share on social
The more I see of the Swedes, the more I am convinced that there is no kinder, simpler, and honester people in the world. Bayard Taylor convincehonesterkind Change image and share on social
Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live. Bayard Taylor begincharacterfame Change image and share on social
I came to Berlin not to visit its museums and galleries, its operas, its theaters... but for the sake of seeing and speaking with the world's greatest living man - Alexander von Humboldt. Bayard Taylor alexanderberlingallery Change image and share on social
I was pleasantly disappointed on entering Bohemia. Instead of a dull, uninteresting country, as I expected, it is a land full of the most lovely scenery. There is every thing which can gratify the eye - high blue mountains, valleys of the sweetest pastoral look and romantic old ruins. Bayard Taylor bluebohemiacountry share on social
