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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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‘Works’ (1625) p. 670<br />

8.15 Fitz-Greene Halleck 1790-1867<br />

<strong>The</strong>y love their land because it is their own,<br />

And scorn to give aught other reason why;<br />

Would shake hands with a king upon his throne,<br />

And think it kindness to his Majesty.<br />

‘Connecticut’<br />

Green be the turf above thee,<br />

Friend <strong>of</strong> my better days!<br />

None knew thee but to love thee,<br />

Nor named thee but to praise.<br />

‘On the Death <strong>of</strong> Joseph Rodman Drake’<br />

8.16 Friedrich Halm (Eligius Francis Joseph, Baron von Münch-Bellinghausen) 1806-71<br />

Mein Herz ich will dich fragen:<br />

Was ist denn Liebe? Sag’!—<br />

‘Zwei Seelen und ein Gedanke,<br />

Zwei Herzen und ein Schlag!’<br />

What love is, if thou wouldst be taught,<br />

Thy heart must teach alone—<br />

Two souls with but a single thought,<br />

Two hearts that beat as one.<br />

‘Der Sohn der Wildniss’ (1842) act 2 ad fin. (translated by Maria Lovell in Ingomar the Barbarian)<br />

8.17 Margaret Halsey 1910—<br />

<strong>The</strong> English never smash in a face. <strong>The</strong>y merely refrain from asking it to dinner.<br />

‘With Malice Toward Some’ (1938) pt. 3, p. 208<br />

8.18 Admiral W. F. (‘Bull’) Halsey 1882-1959<br />

<strong>The</strong> Third Fleet’s sunken and damaged ships have been salvaged and are retiring at high speed<br />

toward the enemy.<br />

Report, 14 October 1944, on hearing claims that the Japanese had virtually annihilated the US fleet, in E. B.<br />

Potter ‘Bull Halsey’ (1985) ch. 17<br />

8.19 Alex Hamilton 1936—<br />

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.<br />

‘Born Old’ (radio broadcast), in ‘Listener’ 9 November 1978<br />

8.20 Alexander Hamilton c.1755-1804<br />

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.

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