Quotes:Bacon, William Thompson

Zirkoff, Boris

Bacon, William Thompson. American clergyman, b. at Woodbury, Conn., Aug. 24, 1814; d. in Derby, Conn., May 18, 1881. Graduated at Yale, 1837, delivering the valedictory poem. Studied later at Yale Divinity School, and from 1842 to 1845 was pastor of the Congregational Church in Trumbull, Conn. For some time, one of the editors of New Englander, and during several years editor and proprietor of the Journal and Courier of New Haven. Resumed later his ministerial labours and was in charge of parishes in Kent and in Derby, Conn. Published two volumes of Poems: the first, in 1837 (Boston: Weeks, Jordan & Co.); and the second, in 1848 (Cambridge: G. Nichols; New York: G. P. Putnam).

The lines quoted by H. P. B. are from a poem entitled *“Thoughts in Solitude,” which may be found in his first volume of Poems.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 9, p. 405