Edward Everett Hale
Born: 01-01-1822
Edward Everett Hale was an American author, historian, and Unitarian minister, best known for his classic short story "The Man Without a Country." Born in 1822 in Boston, Hale was a prominent figure in 19th-century literature and social reform. He used his writings to advocate for education, abolition, and humanitarian causes. As a chaplain of the United States Senate, Hale's legacy is marked by his commitment to moral and civic duty.
Book summaries for books written by Edward Everett Hale
Quotes
I wish you to understand the true principles of the government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.
I have been a fool. I have been an idiot.
Damn the United States! I wish I may never hear of the United States again!
I have no country.
I stand by the United States as long as the United States stands by me.
I have no desire to hear more about it.
I suppose I shall be shot for a mutineer.
If a man shuts his ears to the truth, and will not hear, then no man can call him to account.
I decline to answer that question. I have always been taught to consider my country as my mother, and my liberty as my bride.
I may forget my mother, or my bride, if I ever get one; but I shall never forget my country.
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong!
I don't think we need worry much about the treason, or about that order for shooting. I rather think, young man, that you and I will be set ashore at Cape Palmas to make the best of our way to the Transvaal.