Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes


Men will work hard for money. They will work harder for other men. But men will work hardest of all when they are dedicated to a cause. Until willingness overflows obligation, men fight as conscripts rather than following the flag as patriots. Duty is never worthily performed until it is performed by one who would gladly do more if only he could.


Citations

Fosdick, Harry Emerson. The Meaning of Service. Association Press, 1920, p. 182.

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Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick
  • Born: May 24, 1878
  • Died: October 5, 1969
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Protestant Christian Minister

Harry Emerson Fosdick was an American pastor. Fosdick became a central figure in the Fundamentalist–Modernist controversy within American Protestantism in the 1920s and 1930s and was one of the most prominent liberal ministers of the early 20th century. Although a Baptist, he was called to serve as pastor, in New York City, at First Presbyterian Church in Manhattan's West Village, and then at the historic, inter-denominational Riverside Church in Morningside Heights, Manhattan.