| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| 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. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| | Note 1.
See Daniel, Quotation 5.
Westward the star of empire takes its way.—Epigraph to Bancroft’s History of the United States. [back] |
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