John Milton Hay

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    All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.
    John Milton Hay (1838–1905)

    He weren’t no saint—but at Jedgment
    I’d run my chance with Jim,
    ‘Longside of some pious gentlemen
    That wouldn’t shook hands with him.
    He seen his duty, a dead-sure thing,—
    And went for it, thar an’ then:
    And Christ ain’t a-goin’ to be too hard
    On a man that died for me.
    —John Milton Hay (1838–1905)

    Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
    John Milton (1608–1674)

    To measure life learn thou betimes, and know
    Toward solid good what leads the nearest way;
    For other things mild Heaven a time ordains,

    And disapproves that care, though wise in show,
    That with superfluous burden loads the day,
    And, when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains.
    —John Milton (1608–1674)

    It’s a bad town to bring an appetite to, soldier. We’ve been here since yesterday morning and we’ve been living on boiled hay and razor blades.
    Maxwell Anderson (1888–1959)