Quotes from authors passed in 1889
The franchise itself gives no real power, unless accompanied by the right on the part of all the possessors of it to elect something like an equal number of representatives.
John Bright
If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory.
Jefferson Davis
God is the perfect poet.
Robert Browning
It is the nature of truth to struggle to the light.
Wilkie Collins
A lover may be a shadowy creature, but husbands are made of flesh and blood.
Amy Levy
Henry Moore 
James Gleason 
Chris Kirkpatrick 
Eldridge Cleaver 
Lucille Ball 
Amanda Peet 
Jeremy Spencer 
Francis Xavier