WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF : For of all sad words of tongues or pen the saddest are these: It might have been. (John Greenleaf Whittier, U.S. Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States, 1807-1892)

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF : Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew. (John Greenleaf Whittier, U.S. Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States, 1807-1892)