Famous quotes containing the words incumbent and/or lost:
“It is remarkable that almost all speakers and writers feel it to be incumbent on them, sooner or later, to prove or acknowledge the personality of God. Some Earl of Bridgewater, thinking it better late than never, has provided for it in his will. It is a sad mistake.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Then the wife of the skipper lost at sea
Said, “God has touched him! why should we!””
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)