William Beaumont Army

Famous quotes containing the words william, beaumont and/or army:

    “And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist—
    I don’t think she’d be missed—I’m sure she’d not be
    missed!”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “Lay a garland on my hearse,
    Of the dismal yew;
    Maidens, willow branches bear;
    Say I died true.”
    —Francis Beaumont (1584-1616)

    “What is called common sense is excellent in its department, and as invaluable as the virtue of conformity in the army and navy,—for there must be subordination,—but uncommon sense, that sense which is common only to the wisest, is as much more excellent as it is more rare.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)