Most of the world would be surprised to know how few of our thoughts are really original with ourselves. What we write and say is, for the most part, a kind of mosaic interweaving of ideas and recollections gathered together out of other people’s talk or books. The combination and rearrangement of them is about all we can call our own. When a man does really evolve an original thought out of his own mind, it is the exception, rather than the rule. It is usually the fruit, either of patient study, or of fresh and vivid experience.
William Henry Harrison Campaign Pitcher
c. 1840
Large white pottery milk pitcher acquired by William Henry Seward during William Henry Harrison’s 1840 presidential campaign. Pictured on the pitcher, in black, are four pictures of William Henry Harrison, a log cabin with Ohio Farmer written below it and the American Eagle.
American Pottery Manufacturing Co., Jersey City - 1833-1840.
