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.”

Henry Alford

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.”

Henry Alford

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

“Law is king of all.”

Henry Alford

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

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