John L. Stevens
John Leavitt Stevens (August 1, 1820 – February 8, 1895) was the United States Department of State Minister to the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893 when he was accused of conspiring to overthrow Queen Liliuokalani in association with the Committee of Safety, led by Lorrin A. Thurston and Sanford B. Dole – the first Americans attempting to overthrow a foreign government under the auspices of a United States government officer. John L. Stevens, journalist, author, minister, newspaper publisher and diplomat, was also a Maine State Senator who was a founder of the Republican Party in Maine.
Read more about John L. Stevens: Early Life, Diplomatic Career, Overthrow and Stevens's Response, Forced Retirement and Later Life
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“Whither goest thou?”
—Bible: New Testament Peter, in John, 13:36.
The words, which are repeated in John 16:5, are best known in the Latin form in which they appear in the Vulgate: Quo vadis? Jesus replies, “Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.”
“Snow sparkles like eyesight falling to earth,
Like seeing fallen brightly away.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)