| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 814 |
| AUTHOR: | Maxwell Anderson (18881959) |
| QUOTATION: | There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | MAXWELL ANDERSON, Valley Forge, act II, scene ii, p. 92 (1937). Mary Philipse is referring to George Washington. |
| SUBJECTS: | Greatness |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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