Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Edwin Markham

American Poet

"Commit the Golden Rule to memory - now commit it to life."

"There is no true liberty for the individual except as he finds it in the liberty of all."

"Three were the fates, - gaunt poverty that chains, gray drudgery that grinds the hope away, and gaping ignorance that starves the soul."

"He drew a circle that shut me out- heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But Love and I had the wit to win: we drew a circle that took him in."

"The crest and crowning of all good, life's final star, is Brotherhood."

"We have committed the Golden Rule to memory. Let us now commit it to life."

"For all your days prepare, and meet them ever alike; when you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike."

"A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need. "

"It is better to rust out than wear out. "