Chauncey Depew
Chauncey Depew
Chauncey Mitchell Depewwas an attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad interests, president of the New York Central Railroad System, and a United States Senator from New York from 1899 to 1911...
witty illustration stories
A witty illustration or an apt story will accomplish more than columns of argument.
fitness exercise acting
I get my exercise acting as pallbearer to my friends who exercise.
columbus spirit
The spirit of Columbus hovers over us to-day.
would-be gone possibility
The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.
motivation firsts steps
The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.
government united-states lawyer
The government of the United States is and always has been a lawyer's government.
half teeth dieting
As for food, half of my friends have dug their graves with their teeth.
father rocks plymouth-rock
It is a pity that instead of the Pilgrim Fathers landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock had not landed on the Pilgrim Fathers.
men naughty thinking
A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are.
numbers soldier president
There have been many Presidents of the United States and the roll will be indefinitely extended. We have had a number of brilliant soldiers, but only one great general.
gentleman breakfast tables
The walk downstairs to the breakfast table is excercise enough for any gentleman.
father law church
If we claim heritage in Bacon, Shakespeare and Milton, we also acknowledge that it was for liberties guaranteed Englishmen by sacred charters our fathers triumphantly fought. While wisely rejecting throne and caste and privilege and an Established Church in their new-born state, they adopted the substance of English liberty and the body of English law.
father profound adoption
But the closer we study their lives, and the better we know their deeds, the more profound is our admiration and the greater our reverence for the Pilgrim fathers. Between the drafting of their immortal charter of liberty in the cabin of the Mayflower and the fruition of their principles in the power and majesty of the republic of the United States of to-day is but a span in the records of the word, and yet it is the most important and beneficent chapter in history. To be able to claim descent from them, either by birth or adoption, is to glory in kinship with God's nobility.
memories home tragedy
The tomb of the Saviour was a narrow and empty vault, precious only for its memories of the supreme tragedy of the centuries, but the new continent was to be the home and temple of the living God.