Quote#God & Faith
O star-built bridge, broad milky way!
Quote byJoaquin Miller · 1837–1913
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Building of the City Beautiful (1905), Ch. V : How Beautiful!, p. 48..
English (original)
O star-built bridge, broad milky way! O star-lit, stately, splendid span! If but one star should cease to stay And prop its shoulders to God's plan — The man who lives for self, I say, He lives for neither God nor man.
— Joaquin Miller
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