Wood/history

Famous quotes containing the words wood and/or history:

“Old Abe is much better looking than I expected & younger looking. He shook hands like a good fellow—working hard at it like a man sawing wood at so much per cord.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)