Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847–1930) was an American engineer, educator, editor, diplomat, novelist, and poet. Hardy was born in 1847 in Andover, Massachusetts, the son of Alpheus and Susan W. Hardy. He received his elementary school education abroad and thus gained an exposure to languages. He attended Phillips Academy and completed one year at Amherst College before becoming a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1865, where he excelled in languages. He graduated tenth in the class of 1869 and was commissioned a second lieutenant of artillery. His first duty was as assistant instructor of artillery tactics at West Point from July 6 to August 28 in the summer of 1869. He was then stationed in Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas in Florida. In this period after the Civil War, there was little chance of advancement in the Army so, after consulting with General William T. Sherman, he resigned in 1870.
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Sorrow is the handmaid of God, not of Satan.—She would lead us, as she did the Psalmist, to say, “Who will show us any good?” that after having said this we may also say with him, “Lord, lift thou the light of thy countenance upon us.”
—Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Topics: Sorrow
A wise physician is a John Baptist, who recognizes that his only mission is to prepare the way for a greater than himself—Nature.
—Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Topics: Health
Set happiness before you as an end, no matter in what guise of wealth, or fame, or oblivion even, and you will not attain it.—But renounce it and seek the pleasure of God, and that instant is the birth of your own.
—Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Topics: Happiness
First love is an instinct—at once a gift and a sacrifice.—Every other is a philosophy—a bargain.
—Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Topics: Love
We love the virtues, but do not fall in love with them.—They confirm and nurture love, but after middle age they do not give it birth.
—Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Topics: Love
Work is a great blessing; after evil came into the world, it was given as an antidote, not as a punishment.
—Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Topics: Work, Labor
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