Josiah Gilbert Holland Quotes


Every man's powers have relation to some kind of work; and whenever he finds that kind of work which he can do best--that to which his powers are best adapted--he finds that which will give him the best development, and that by which he can best build up, or make, his manhood.


Citations

Holland, Josiah Gilbert. Plain Talks on Familiar Subjects. Charles Scribner, 1865, p. 138.

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Josiah Gilbert Holland
Josiah Gilbert Holland
  • Born: July 24, 1819
  • Died: October 12, 1881
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Novelist

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 (afterwards the Century Magazine), in which appeared his novels, Arthur Bonnicastle, The Story of Sevenoaks, Nicholas Minturn. In poetry he wrote "Bitter-Sweet" (1858), "Kathrina", the lyrics to the Methodist hymn "There's a Song in the Air", and many others.