Henry Alford Quotes

Henry Alford was an English churchman, theologian, textual critic, scholar, poet, hymnodist, and writer. Wikipedia  

✵ 7. October 1810 – 12. January 1871
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Famous Henry Alford Quotes

“My bark is wafted to the strand
By breath Divine;
And on the helm there rests a hand
Other than mine.”

Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 280.

“Truth does not consist in minute accuracy of detail; but in conveying a right impression.”

Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 603.

“Law is king of all.”

School of the Heart (1835), Lesson 6; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 430.

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