Henry Van Dyke (1852 - 1933)

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Henry Jackson Van Dyke was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, to Henrietta Ashmead and Henry Jackson Van Dyke, a respected Presbyterian clergyman. The son was influenced by his father's role as minister, though the boy was not necessarily a model child. As his father said of his two sons, "Paul was born good, but Henry was saved by grace." In 1868 Van Dyke met Robert E. Lee, who gave him a ride on his horse, Traveller. Later in life he said the three men who had most influenced him were his f.. Continue..

Some of Henry Van Dyke Poems

A Child in the Garden

A Health to Mark Twain

A Home Song

A Legend of Service

A Lover's Envy

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	As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.

- Henry Van Dyke

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