| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 64140 |
| QUOTATION: | How dwarfed against his manliness She sees the poor pretension, The wants, the aims, the follies, born Of fashion and convention! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | John Greenleaf Whittier (18071892), U.S. poet. Among the Hills. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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