On the record
But the stream cannot rise higher than the fountain-head.
Source
gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “But the stream cannot rise higher than the fountain-head.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner uses this metaphor to express the limitations of authority and influence.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Working-men of Europe, desire abolition of war, XVIII. 236.
The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.
Other voices in this conversation
