3 Quotes & Sayings By Alfred Whitney Griswold

Alfred Whitney Griswold was born in New York City on April 20, 1877. He attended Columbia University for two years before transferring to Harvard Law School, where he received his LL.B. in 1903. His first published work was a collection of poems titled Flowers after Hours, which appeared in Scribner's Magazine in 1901 Read more

After nine years of practice at various New York City law firms, he became involved with the publishing industry—working primarily on the editorial side—and eventually headed the firm of Houghton Mifflin Company. His publications included several volumes of poetry and some fiction, including A Son of Hagar (1921), The Four Winds of Heaven (1922) and The Word Is Mine (1923). Griswold's poetry has been collected in the book A Harvest of Poetry, while his novel A Son of Hagar has been considered a cult classic.

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Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education. Alfred Whitney Griswold
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Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth we have spoken it Alfred Whitney Griswold