George Fitzhugh (1806–1881) American activist
Source: Sociology For The South: Or The Failure Of A Free Society (1854), p. 68
“To be old is a glorious thing when one has not unlearned what it means to begin, this old man had perhaps first learned it thoroughly in old age.”
Source: Eclipse of God: Studies in the Relation Between Religion and Philosophy (1952), p. 6
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No. 97
Apophthegms (1624)
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No. 97
Apophthegms (1624)