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Quotes from authors passed in 1874
 
 
I want to go where I can be of the most service to the general enterprise.
Ezra Cornell
I never found either this or the Northern Shrike return to such prey for food. I have seen them alight on the same thorn bush afterwards, but never made any use of this kind of food.
John Bachman
Public influence is the real government of the world.
Josiah Warren
For touching an adversary's man, when it cannot be captured, the offender must move his King.
Howard Staunton
A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games.
Howard Staunton
Authors that died in 1874
 
 
John Bachman 3 quotes
 
Ezra Cornell 15 quotes
 
Barry Cornwall 12 quotes
 
Millard Fillmore 2 quotes
 
Francois Guizot 1 quote
 
Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin 1 quote
 
Jules Michelet 2 quotes
 
Gerrit Smith 32 quotes
 
Howard Staunton 22 quotes
 
David Friedrich Strauss 3 quotes