[PW] Re: ? "What Lies Behind Us" (Quotation Query #639)

[Shari Haber]

Fred-

FWIW, Quote World, a book called "Wherever You Go...There You'll Be," 
and several Web pages attribute it to Oliver Wendell Holmes (but I'm not 
sure if it's Jr. or Sr.).

Charles Anderson also ran this query in RQ, vol. 34, pg. 145. If you 
need me to, I can check the microfilm for this volume later today.

Shari Haber
MCLS Reference Center
shaber at mcls.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Shapiro" <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 5:49 AM
Subject: [PW] ? "What Lies Behind Us" (Quotation Query #639)


>
> The quotation "What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny
> matters compared to what lies within us" is frequently attributed to
> Emerson, but I don't think it was said by Emerson.  Can anyone shed 
> any
> light on its true provenance?
>
> Fred Shapiro
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