4 Quotes & Sayings By Albert Payson Terhune

Albert Payson Terhune was born in New York City on February 19, 1864. He was the son of a well-to-do lawyer and a well-to-do Presbyterian minister. His parents moved to North Carolina when he was five years old. He grew up in a large family of twelve Read more

He was educated at Emory University where he graduated with a degree in medicine. In 1891 he published his first book, Life in the Iron Mills. In 1896, Terhune married Grace French Robinson, the niece of William Gilmore Simms, author of The Yemassee.

They had five children: James, John, William, Grace and Margaret. They were married until his death on June 4, 1918.

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Soon or late, every dog's master's memory becomes a graveyard; peopled by wistful little furry ghosts that creep back unbidden, at times, to a semblance of their olden lives. Albert Payson Terhune
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Any man with money to make the purchase may become a dog's owner. But no man --spend he ever so much coin and food and tact in the effort-- may become a dog's Master without consent of the dog. Do you get the difference? And he whom a dog once unreservedly accepts as Master is forever that dog's God. Albert Payson Terhune
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Win without boasting. Lose without excuse. Albert Payson Terhune