Breckinridge Long
Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long (May 16, 1881 – September 26, 1958) was a diplomat and politician who served in the administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Read more about Breckinridge Long: Early Life and Career, Career During The FDR Administration and World War II, Retirement
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“Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 5:5.
The third of the Beatitudes, from the Sermon on the Mount. The words recall those in Proverbs 37:11, “But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.” In his Notebooks, the author Samuel Butler wrote, “I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.” (Samuel Butler’s Notebooks, p. 220, 1951)