Great Throughts Treasury

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

John Augustus Shedd

American Author and Professor

"Simply having children does not make mothers."

"Anybody can start something."

"When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes."

"Opportunities are seldom labeled. "

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."