https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:11:20 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/hale-sarah-josepha/75627/ https://wist.info/hale-sarah-josepha/75627/#respond Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:57:53 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=75627 We need not power or splendor;
Wide hall or lordly dome;
The good, the true, the tender, —
These form the wealth of home.

Sarah J. Hale (1788-1879) American writer, activist, magazine editor
“Home” (1830)

The provenance of this poem is unclear. It is often assigned to her Poems for Our Children (1830) (the original location of her "Mary Had a Little Lamb"), but does not appear there. That work is subtitled "Part First," but there is no indication that a second part was ever published. ]]> https://wist.info/hale-sarah-josepha/75627/feed/ 0 75627 https://wist.info/jefferson-thomas/2087/ https://wist.info/jefferson-thomas/2087/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/wp/?p=2087 It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which give happiness.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American political philosopher, polymath, statesman, US President (1801-09)
Letter (1788-07-12) to Anna Jefferson Marks
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The salutation is "My dear Sister," and is a congratulations for her marrying Hastings Marks. Some copies, and filings of the letter, make it out to "Anna Scott Marks," her birth name was Anna Scott Jefferson. ]]> https://wist.info/jefferson-thomas/2087/feed/ 0 2087