"If the wild filly, "Progress," thou wouldst ride, Have you… - Oliver Wendell Holmes

"If the wild filly, "Progress," thou wouldst ride,
Have young companions ever at thy side;
But wouldst thou stride the stanch old mare, "Success,"
Go with thine elders, though they please thee less."

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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About Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (29 August 1809 – 8 October 1894) was an American physician, writer, poet, and the father of US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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But Memory blushes at the sneer,
And Honor turns with frown defiant,
And Freedom, leaning on her spear,
Laughs louder than the laughing giant.

All of us love companionship and sympathy; some of us may love them too much. All of us are more or less imaginative in our theology.

One unquestioned text we read,
All doubt beyond, all fear above;
Nor crackling pile nor cursing creed Can burn or blot it—God is love.

"If the wild filly, "Progress," thou wouldst ride, Have young companions ever at thy side; But wouldst thou stride the stanch old mare, "Success," Go… - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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