Edward Everett Hale Quotes


Thrones, dominations, principalities know now with a terrible certainty that mere force of arms has no power which compares with that living word of the crucified Nazarene, that bears with it Eternal Life, and directs the duty of a world of men whom he can lead, but who bend no knee to power.


Citations

Hale, Edward Everett. The Works of Edward Everett Hale. Little, Brown, and Company, 1898.

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Edward Everett Hale
Edward Everett Hale
  • Born: April 3, 1822
  • Died: June 10, 1909
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Author, Historian, Minister

Edward Everett Hale was an American author, historian, and Unitarian minister, best known for his writings such as "The Man Without a Country", published in Atlantic Monthly, in support of the Union during the Civil War. He was the grand-nephew of Nathan Hale, the American spy during the Revolutionary War.