What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
“A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.”
“A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.”
— OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SR.
Physician and poet · 1809 – 1894
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was an American physician, poet and polymath, and one of the Fireside Poets. He coined the term 'anesthesia' and wrote the popular 'Breakfast-Table' series of essays and poems, including 'Old Ironsides'.
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