Creative Quotations from Thomas W. Higginson (1823-1911)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Thomas W. Higginson
(1823-1911) born on Dec 22

US "clergyman, abolitionist, author". He was a Unitarian minister and abolitionist who led the first colored regiment in the Civil War.

To be really cosmopolitan, a man must be at home even in his own country."

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

"When a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson in grammar seems an impertinence."

Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges.

Fields are won by those who believe in the winning.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "The International Thesaurus of Quotations," by Rhoda Thomas Tripp, 1995."
R:	"In "Instant Quotation Dictionary," by Donald O. Bolander, 1979."
A:	"Preface to Emily Dickinson's "Poems.""
N:	""Atlantic Essays," "A Plea for Culture," 1871."
K:	"In "12,000 Religious Quotations," by Frank S. Mead, 1989."