Quotes from One More River — John Galsworthy
1867–1933 England
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How to save the old that's worth saving, whether in landscape, houses, manners, institutions, or human types, is one of our greatest problems, and the one that we bother least about.
One More River (1933)
Everything known before it happens; and headlines twice the size of the events.
One More River (1933)
The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy, the building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage.
One More River (1933)
Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place — service — social service — the ants' creed, the bees' creed.
One More River (1933)