Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819-1881), was one of the founders, as well as the editor, of the popular Scribner's Monthly, (later renamed Century Magazine), and the Springfield Republican. He established the publishing policies of using contributors names and receiving payment for everything published. A celebrated speaker on social topics and conduct of life, Josiah Gilbert Holland also wrote under the pen name "Timothy Titcomb." His well read narrative works include the poems Kathrina and Bitter-Sweet. In 1872, Holland wrote in his Gradatim:

"Heaven is not reached in a single bound." - 1872, in his Gradatim, st. I. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 566.

In his work, Wanted, also written in 1872, Josiah Gilbert Holland penned:

"God give us men! A time like this demands

Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands;

Men whom the lust of office does not kill;

Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;

Men who possess opinions and a will;

Men who have honor; men who will not lie." - 1872, in his work Wanted, 1. I. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 566.