Josiah Gilbert Holland Quotes
It is by work that man carves his way to that measure of power which will fit him for his destiny.
Citations
Holland, Josiah Gilbert. Plain Talks on Familiar Subjects. Charles Scribner, 1865, p. 119.
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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.