The origin of the phrase “Onwards and Upwards”?

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I always believed that the phrase "Onwards and Upwards" was first coined at the end of C.S. Lewis's "The Last Battle." However, I now think I might be mistaken. Does anyone have insights on the true origin of this phrase?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

According to `Have A Nice Day - No problem, Dictionary of Clichés' by Christine Ammer (1992),

"Onward and upward" was cliche by the mid 1800's.

Also found:

Fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin,

But onward, upward, till the goal ye win.

- Francis Anne Kemble (1809-1893)

@`Lines, Addressed to the Young Gentlemen leaving the Lennox Academy, Massachusetts'

Cited in `Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations' Compiled by Kate Louise Roberts (1940)

New occasions teach new duties; time makes ancient good uncouth;

They must upward still, and onward, who would keep aҍɾҽɑՏԵ of Truth.

- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)

@`The Present Crisis' (1844)

Also cited in `Hoyt's...' and `Bartlett's Familiar Quotations'

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The origin of the phrase "Onwards and Upwards"?
I always thought it was first coined in the end of CS Lewis'  "The last Battle" but now I think I'm wrong any ideas, anyone?

Anonymous · Answer

“Onward and Upward! To Narnia and the North!” 
― C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy

Anonymous · Answer

Hi!
I don't have an answer for your question and i am really sorry, but i just wanted to say that i LOVE the Chronicles of Narnia more than anyone can imagine. When i saw your question i was on the question board thing i was like," omg that is from the last battle" 
I LOVE C.S. Lewis sooooo much and especially the Chronicles of Narnia
Sorry again for having no answer

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