Quotes from authors passed in 1847
God has never ceased to be the one true aim of all right human aspirations.
Alexandre Vinet
Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God.
Felix Mendelssohn
Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow.
Alexandre Vinet
Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires.
Charles Bent
Nations are equal in respect to each other, and entitled to claim equal consideration for their rights, whatever may be their relative dimensions or strength or however greatly they may differ in government, religion or manners.
James Kent
Martha Graham 
Katharine Graham 
Hank Ketcham 
Dave Grohl 
Josh McDowell 
Henry Fielding 
Edward James Olmos 
Norman Hartnell