Family History Quotation of the Day by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

*Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., circa 1894. Public domain, Library of Congress via WikiQuote.org*

“I believe the greatest thing in this world

is not so much where we stand

as in what direction we are moving…

and the further backward you can look,

the farther forward you can see.”

-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Notes, Sources, and References:

1) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., image- http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Oliver_Wendell_Holmes,_Sr.#/media/File:Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Sr_circa_1894.jpg

2) A physician as well as a writer and poet, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., (1809-1894) was also the father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., who became a US Supreme Court Justice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Wendell_Holmes,_Sr.

3) Quote first seen in “Discovering Historic Iowa Transportation Milestones” http://www.iowadot.gov/histbook.pdf

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