Quote#Time
The age of Chivalry has gone. An age of Humanity has come. The Horse,…
Quote byCharles Sumner · 1811–1874
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech on "The Scholar, the Jurist, the Artist, the Philanthropist," oration before the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard University at their anniversary (August 27, 1846).
English (original)
The age of Chivalry has gone. An age of Humanity has come. The Horse, whose importance more than human, have the name to that early period of gallantry and war, now yields his foremost place to Man. In serving him, in promoting his elevation, in contributing to his welfare, in doing him good, there are fields of bloodless triumph, nobler far than any in which Bayard or Du Guesclin conquered.
— Charles Sumner
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