The righteous require no monuments; their lives and their teachings ar — Monuments

"Thou, in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a life-long monument."

"If we work upon marble it will perish. If we work upon brass time will efface it. If we rear temples they will crumble to dust. But if we work upon mens immortal minds, if we imbue them with high principles, with the just fear of God and love of their fellow men, we engrave on those tablets something which no time can efface, and which will brighten and brighten to all eternity."

"Where Londons column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies."

"Baltimore uprooted General Lee under the cover of night. New Orleans removed its four Confederate statues to mixed reactions—some voicing relief, others, disapproval. And with the violence that followed the events in Charlottesville, when white nationalists killed one counter-protestor and injured 19 more, the question of how America deals with its history of racism has continued to grow in urgency."

"He made him a hut, wherein he did put The carcass of Robinson Crusoe. O poor Robinson Crusoe!"

"The tapring pyramid, the Egyptians pride, And wonder of the world, whose spiky top Has wounded the thick cloud."