On Perpetual Copyright

"The question of perpetual copyright is, in my judgement, entitled to the full and favorable consideration of the Congress of an enlightened republic.  There would seem to be every reason for the equitable protection, without limit as to time, of the unquestioned property rights of its citizens." ~Florence Earle Coates in The Literary World, 28 October 1899.

On Poems (1898)

"My 'Poems' were written without a purpose, other than the expression of faiths and ideals strongly realized and emotions keenly felt. They were written for the joy of writing, and for the satisfaction of an irresistible impulse. It is my belief that it is not the business of art either to teach or to preach." ~Written at Camp Elsinore, Upper St. Regis Lake, New York, June 24, 1898. From Book News, August 1898.

Quotation: "False impressions..."

from "Matthew Arnold" in

The Century Magazine, April 1894