John Mercer Patton

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    “Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations, as all other causes combined.”
    —John Abbott. The Mother at Home; or the Principles of Maternal Duty, John Abbott, Crocker and Brewster (1833)

    “We’re after the same rainbow’s end waitin’ round the bend, my Huckleberry friend.”
    —Johnny Mercer (1909–1976)

    “He was one whose glory was an inner glory, one who placed culture above prosperity, fairness above profit, generosity above possessions, hospitality above comfort, courtesy above triumph, courage above safety, kindness above personal welfare, honor above success.”
    —Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 1, ch. 1 (1962)