Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving. – Charles Lamb, 1821

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Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. – W.J. Cameron

There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. – O. Henry

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. – Izaak Walton

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence. – William Jennings Bryan

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