Quotes from authors born in 1840
I know that my race must change.
Chief Joseph
Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
Samuel Ullman
Then, again, the ability to organize and conduct industrial, commercial, or financial enterprises is rare; the great captains of industry are as rare as great generals.
William Graham Sumner
All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.
Chief Joseph
I never have known a man of ordinary common-sense who did not urge upon his sons, from earliest childhood, doctrines of economy and the practice of accumulation.
William Graham Sumner
Matthew Lawrence 
Burleigh Grimes 
Malcolm McDowell 
Julian McMahon 
Barry Bostwick 
Florence Henderson 
Janez Drnovsek 
Joni Mitchell