Great Throughts Treasury

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

W. J. Cameron, fully William John Cameron

Canadian-born American President of Cameron's Surgical Specialty Company in Chicago, achieved fame for his African Big Game/Medical Safari

"The conscientious plodder is nearly always outdistanced by the fellow who stops occasionally to analyze and plan."

"Money never starts an idea; it is the idea that starts the money."

"A symphony may be played by a hundred musicians responsive under the baton of a master conductor or by fifty thousand mechanics playing a blueprint score."

"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action."

"The last dejected effort often becomes the winning stroke."

"There has been only one Christmas ? the rest are anniversaries."

"The greatest missionary is the Bible in the mother tongue. It needs no furlough and is never considered a foreigner."

"Understanding Scripture in a language other than the heart language in which we think and experience emotion is like trying to eat soup with a fork. You can get a little taste, but you cannot get nourished."