The only hero known to my childhood was Henry Clay. Rebecca Harding Davis childhoodclayhenry Change image and share on social
No man surely has so short a memory as the American. Rebecca Harding Davis americanmanmemory Change image and share on social
The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet. Rebecca Harding Davis banquetbreathearth Change image and share on social
But, after all, we are a young nation, and vanity is a fault of youth. Rebecca Harding Davis faultnationvanity Change image and share on social
The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into every individual life in the region given up to the war. Where the armies camped the destruction was absolute. Rebecca Harding Davis absolutearmycamp share on social
War may be an armed angel with a mission, but she has the personal habits of the slums. Rebecca Harding Davis angelarmhabit Change image and share on social
TO preach a sermon or edit a newspaper were the two things in life which I always felt I could do with credit to myself and benefit to the world, if I only had the chance. Rebecca Harding Davis benefitchancecredit Change image and share on social
North and South were equally confident that God was on their side, and appealed incessantly to Him. Rebecca Harding Davis appealconfidentequally Change image and share on social
I went to Concord, a young woman from the backwoods, firm in belief that Emerson was the first of living men. He was the modern Moses who had talked with God apart and could interpret Him to us. Rebecca Harding Davis backwoodbeliefconcord Change image and share on social
For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread. Rebecca Harding Davis birthdeathguest Change image and share on social
