Newton Phelps Stokes

Famous quotes containing the words newton, phelps and/or stokes:

    Where the statue stood
    Of Newton with his prism and silent face,
    The marble index of a mind for ever
    Voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.
    William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

    Truth, like climate, is common property ...
    —Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)

    Some pray to marry the man they love,
    My prayer will somewhat vary;
    I humbly pray to Heaven above
    That I love the man I marry.
    —Rose Pastor Stokes (1879–1933)