Procession/history

Famous quotes containing the words procession and/or history:

“She is a procession no one can follow after
But be like a little dog following a brass band.”
—George Barker (b. 1913)

“What would we not give for some great poem to read now, which would be in harmony with the scenery,—for if men read aright, methinks they would never read anything but poems. No history nor philosophy can supply their place.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)