Great Throughts Treasury

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

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock

German Poet

"He who has no opinion of his own, but depends upon the opinion and taste of others is a slave."

"He who thinks for himself, and rarely imitates, is a free man."

"The tones of human voices mightier than strings or brass to move the soul."