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.
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Josiah Gilbert Holland
Birthdate: 24. July 1819
Date of death: 12. October 1881
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
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Daniel Gray, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 25.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 26.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 115.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 114.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 15.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 36.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 367.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 147.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 279.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 27.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 290.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 47.
„The heart is wiser than the intellect.“
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 616.
— Josiah Gilbert Holland, Wanted
Wanted, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
