| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 21806 |
| QUOTATION: | The pious ones of Plymouth who, reaching the Rock, first fell upon their own knees and then upon the aborigines. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William M. Evarts (18181901), U.S. statesman. Quoted by Henry Watterson in Louisville Courier-Journal (July 4, 1913).
Also attributed to various others, including Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., and Bill Nye. |
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