Country House Movement

Famous quotes containing the words country, house and/or movement:

    In this country ... men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.
    Charles Francis Adams, Sr. (1807–1886)

    Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    What new thoughts are suggested by seeing a face of country quite familiar, in the rapid movement of the rail-road car!
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)