John Jay Chapman

John Jay Chapman (March 2, 1862 – November 4, 1933) was an American author.

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    Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We too are the victims of our own contemplation.
    —John Jay Chapman (1862–1933)

    There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl
    The feast of reason and the flow of soul;
    Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    Thank heaven for little girls!
    For little girls get bigger every day.
    —Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986)

    Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same—hardihood. Give them raw truth.
    —John Jay Chapman (1862–1933)