Procession/history

Famous quotes containing the words procession and/or history:

“Nobody had ever instructed him that a slave-ship, with a procession of expectant sharks in its wake, is a missionary institution, by which closely-packed heathen are brought over to enjoy the light of the Gospel.”
—Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896)

“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)