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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3373 George Berkeley 1685-1753 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3373
AUTHOR:George Berkeley (1685–1753)
QUOTATION:Westward the course of empire takes its way; 1
  The four first acts already past,
A fifth shall close the drama with the day:
  Time’s noblest offspring is the last.
ATTRIBUTION:On the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America.
 
Note 1.
See Daniel, Quotation 5.

Westward the star of empire takes its way.—Epigraph to Bancroft’s History of the United States. [back]