In Pursuit of the Sunbeam
NewsPosted on Mon Sep 04, 2006 at 06:22:18 PM EST
Last week Imy Higbie sat down with a few of her friends in Rhode Island to talk about the book, "In Pursuit of the Sunbeam."
Some folks have asked, "Where does the title, In Pursuit of the Sunbeam, come from?"
It comes from Alexander Hamilton, who in his first piece of Revolutionary writing (in 1774) published a pamphlet called, "The Farmer Refuted" in which he wrote,
Some folks have asked, "Where does the title, In Pursuit of the Sunbeam, come from?"
It comes from Alexander Hamilton, who in his first piece of Revolutionary writing (in 1774) published a pamphlet called, "The Farmer Refuted" in which he wrote,
"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power."
-- Alexander Hamilton
Googling around I found this quote, which also seems to fit:
-- Alexander Hamilton
“When true friends meet in adverse hour;
‘Tis like a sunbeam through a shower.
A watery way an instant seen,
The darkly closing clouds between.”
- Sir Walter Scott
‘Tis like a sunbeam through a shower.
A watery way an instant seen,
The darkly closing clouds between.”
- Sir Walter Scott
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