Autumn Quote by John Sergeant Wise Download Open image “THE autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died.” — John Sergeant Wise ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Autumn Died Events Mother Mother died Parenting Significance
My mother passed away young - she died from ovarian cancer at just 54 years old. Her sacrifices for my sisters and I evoke… — Kevin de Leon Copy Share Image
My mom died on Christmas morning 1997. It was sudden and completely unexpected. — Steve Doocy Copy Share Image
As I flew back from New Zealand to bury my mother, it occurred to me that no matter how harrowing her loss was and… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
My dad died in May of '97. The effects of his death immediately were not all that hard, but a year or two later… — Wayne Watson Copy Share Image
Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic. — Lorna Luft Copy Share Image
The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the Virginia colony in the… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up my residence… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of the upper classes enabled them… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
Virginians were no more angels or philanthropists than people to the north or to the south of them. They were moved by their affections,… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave and could… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
The attack of John Brown upon Harper's Ferry came upon Virginia like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky. — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far beyond the mere supplying… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection. — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
This, at last, was where things were as they ought to be. Everything was in its place -- the tree, the earth underneath, the… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
The American spring is by no means so agreeable as the American autumn; both move with faltering step, and slow; but this lingering pace,… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
“Flowers that had bloomed brilliant from spring through autumn blackened under the killing frost.” — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“FALL I've never liked orange not even a hint of yellow though that doesn't mean I'm derange, you know. but it's still a riddle… — Kynna Claire Copy Share Image
The trees change their voices in autumn as well as their shapes. No longer do they whisper to one another in muffled tones as… — Patience Strong Copy Share Image
You know how this is: if I look at the crystal moon, at the red branch of the slow autumn at my window, if… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
“The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last for ever. Even on the most beautiful days in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Easter blessings All life’s sacrifices like autumn leaves awaken our senses and power to love and be whole Our Mother Earth, Our Father Sky… — Ramon Ravenswood Copy Share Image
The lush green of the fields became a rich gold that swayed sturdily under the wind and fell at last before the hands of… — Martha Ostenso Copy Share Image
The ascent of any route begins, in dreams at least, the autumn before. Our minds ring, involuntarily, with the alluring names of mountains, aiguilles,… — Gaston Rebuffat Copy Share Image