Josiah Gilbert Holland Quotes

Josiah Gilbert Holland was an American novelist and poet who also wrote under the pseudonym Timothy Titcomb. He helped to found and edit Scribner's Monthly , in which appeared his novels, Arthur Bonnicastle, The Story of Sevenoaks, Nicholas Minturn. In poetry he wrote "Bitter Sweet" , "Kathrina", the lyrics to the Methodist hymn "There's a Song in the Air", and many others. Wikipedia  

✵ 24. July 1819 – 12. October 1881
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Famous Josiah Gilbert Holland Quotes

“Heaven is not gained by a single bound,
But we build the ladder by which we rise
From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies;
And we mount to its summit round by round.”

Variant: Heaven is not gained by a single bound,
But we build the ladder by which we rise
From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies;
And we mount to its summit round by round.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 564.

Josiah Gilbert Holland Quotes about God

Josiah Gilbert Holland Quotes

“The heart is wiser than the intellect.”

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 616.

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