Quotes of Guardsman - somelinesforyou

“ Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common Sense. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Avoid revolution or expect to get shot. Mother and I will grieve, but we will gladly buy a dinner for the National Guardsman who shot you. ”

- Paul Williamson

“ Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club. ”

- Thomas H. Huxley
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