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" Our society resembles rather the waves of the ocean, whose every drop may move freely among its fellows, and may rise toward the light until it flashes on the crest of the highest wave. "
Bulletin of the New York Public Library - Page 461
by New York Public Library - 1925
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Addresses [1870-1880.]

James Abram Garfield - United States - 1871 - 276 pages
...through which none can pass upward. Our society resembles rather the waves of the ocean whose every drop may move freely among its fellows, and may rise...suffrage, Macaulay leaves wholly out of the account the s*reat counterbalancing force of universal education. He contemplates a government delivered over to...
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The Life of James A. Garfield

Charles Carleton Coffin - Biography & Autobiography - 1880 - 402 pages
...through which none can pass upward. Our society resembles rather the waves of the ocean, whose every drop may move freely among its fellows, and may rise...counterbalancing force of universal education. He contemplates the government delivered over to a vast multitude of ignorant, vicious men, who have learned no self-control,...
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The Future of the Republic, Its Dangers and Its Hopes: An Address, Delivered ...

James Abram Garfield - United States - 1880 - 24 pages
...through which none can pass upward. Our society resembles rather the waves of the ocean whose every drop may move freely among its fellows, and may rise...universal suffrage, Macaulay leaves wholly out of the accouut the great counterbalancing force of universal education. He contemplates a government delivered...
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President Garfield and Education: Hiram College Memorial

Burke Aaron Hinsdale - Education - 1881 - 466 pages
...through which none can pass upward. Our society resembles rather the waves of the ocean, whose every drop may move freely among its fellows, and may rise...ignorant, vicious men, who have learned no self-control, who have never comprehended the national life, and who will wield the ballot solely for personal and...
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The Life and Work of James A. Garfield ...: Embracing an Account of the ...

John Clark Ridpath - 1881 - 738 pages
...not rise through all the grades of society, and become the crown, the glory, the pillar of the State. "Again, in depicting the dangers of universal suffrage,...counterbalancing force of universal education. He contemplates the government delivered over to a vast multitude of ignorant, vicious men, who have learned no self-control,...
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The Life and Work of James A. Garfield, Twentieth President of the United ...

John Clark Ridpath - Presidents - 1881 - 698 pages
...pillar of the State. "Again, in depicting the dangers of universal suffrage, Macaulay leaves whollv out of the account the great counterbalancing force of universal education. He contemplates the government delivered over to a vast multitude of ignorant, vicious men, who have learned no self-control,...
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The Works of James Abram Garfield, Volume 2

James Abram Garfield - Presidents - 1882 - 842 pages
...pass. Our society resembles rather the waves of the ocean, whose every drop may move freely among it* fellows, and may rise toward the light until it flashes...ignorant, vicious men, who have learned no self-control, who have never comprehended the national life, and who wield the ballot solely for personal and selfish...
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The Dedication of the New Buildings and Inaugural of Adelbert College of ...

Adelbert College - Dedication services - 1883 - 126 pages
...strata through which none can pass upward. Our society resembles the waves of the ocean whose every drop may move freely among its fellows, and may rise...until it flashes on the crest of the highest wave." No better proof of the position of this symbol can be given than Garfield's own career, rising as he...
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West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register, Volume 10

West Virginia - 1926 - 820 pages
...ever-moving waves of the ocean, "where every drop may mingle freely amongst its fellows, and rise to meet the light, until It flashes on the crest of the highest wave." A land which has produced a Washington and a Marshall ; a Lincoln and a Garfield ; a Grant and a Lee,...
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The Open Court, Volume 32

Paul Carus - Religion - 1918 - 860 pages
...strata above which none can pass. Our society resembles rather the waves of the ocean, whose every drop may move freely among its fellows, and may rise...ignorant, vicious men, who have learned no self-control, who have never comprehended the national life, and who wield the ballot solely for personal and selfish...
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