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# Samuel Griswold Goodrich

(1793–1860)   Politician   United States

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Samuel Griswold Goodrich was a politician from the United States, best known for *Recollections of a lifetime*.

## Quick Facts About Samuel Griswold Goodrich

Born August 19, 1793

Died May 9, 1860

Nationality United States

Profession Politician

Notable works Recollections of a lifetime

## About Samuel Griswold Goodrich

Samuel Griswold Goodrich, better known by his pseudonym Peter Parley, was an American author and politician who established the children's magazine Merry's Museum. He was a Massachusetts State Senator in 1837.

##  Quotes by Samuel Griswold Goodrich

> [Perseverance gives power to weakness, and opens to poverty the world's wealth. It spreads fertility over the barren landscape, and buds the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-griswold-goodrich/perseverance-gives-power-to-weakness-and-opens-to-poverty-the-world-s/)

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[Abode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abode/)

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> [Everybody Moral courage is a virtue of higher cast and nobler origin than physical. It springs from a consciousness of virtue and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-griswold-goodrich/everybody-moral-courage-is-a-virtue-of-higher-cast-and-nobler-origin/)

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[Casts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/casts/)

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> [How many hopes and fears, how many ardent wishes and anxious apprehensions are twisted together in the threads that connect the parent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-griswold-goodrich/how-many-hopes-and-fears-how-many-ardent-wishes-and-anxious/)

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[Anxious](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anxious/)

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> [Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-griswold-goodrich/abuse-is-the-weapon-of-the-vulgar/)

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[Abuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abuse/)

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