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Resolution: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Fifty-four forty (54° 40′ N.), or fight.— WM. ALLEN — In the U. S. Senate. On

the Oregon Boundary Question. 1844.

If not, resolve, before we go, That you and I must pull a crow. Y' 'ad best (quoth Ralpho), as the Ancients Say wisely, have a care o' the main chance.— BUTLER — Hudibras. Pt. II. Canto II. L. 499.

Videlicit, That each man swore to do his best To damn and perjure all the rest.— BUTLER — Hudibras. Pt. I. Canto II. L. 630.

I am in earnest-I will not equivocate-I will not excuse-I will not retreat a single inch; AND I WILL BE HEARD.— WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON — Salutatory of the Liberator. Vol. I. No. 1.

Jan. 1, 1831. I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice.— WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON — Salutatory of the Liberator. Vol. I. No. 1.

Jan. 1, 1831. Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind.— GRAY — Elegy in a Country Churchyard. St. 22.

In truth there is no such thing in man's nature as a settled and full resolve either for good or evil, except at the very moment of execution.— NATH. HAWTHORNE — Twice-Told Tales.

Fancy's Show Box. Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on; Back-turning slackens resolution.— HERRICK — Regression Spoils Resolution.

For when two Join in the same adventure, one perceives Before the other how they ought to act; While one alone, however prompt, resolves More tardily and with a weaker will.— HOMER — Iliad. Bk. X. L. 257.

Bryant's trans. Resolve, and thou art free. S.— LONGFELLOW — Masque of Pandora. Pt. VI. In the Garden.

In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained: know'st thou when Fate Thy measure takes, or when she'll say to thee, "I find thee worthy; do this deed for me?"— LOWELL — Epigram.

Tell your master that if there were as many devils at Worms as tiles on its roofs, I would enter.— MARTIN LUTHER — April 16, 1521. See

и. BUNSEN'S Life of Luther. P. 61. Never tell your resolution beforehand.— JOHN SELDEN — Table Talk. Wisdom.

Be stirring as the time; be fire with fire; Threaten the threat'ner and outface the brow Of bragging horror: so shall inferior eyes, That borrow their behaviours from the great, Grow great by your example and put on The dauntless spirit of resolution.— Shakespeare — King John. Act V. Sc. 1. L. 48.

My resolution's plac'd, and I have nothing Of woman in me: now from head to foot I am marble-constant.— Shakespeare — Antony and Cleopatra. Act V. Sc. 2. L. 238.

And hearts resolved and hands prepared The blessings they enjoy to guard.— SMOLLETT — Humphry Clinker. Ode to