A Man, At Times, Gets Something For

...i Recognize The Widest Possible Difference-so Wide, That To Receive The One As Good, Pure, And Holy, Is Of Necessity To Reject The Other As Bad, Corrupt, And Wicked. To Be The Friend Of One, Is Of Necessity To Be The Enemy Of The Other.

It Was A Glorious Resurrection, From The Tomb Of Slavery, To The Heaven Of Slavery. My Long-crushed Spirit Rose, Cowardice Departed, Bold Defiance Took Its Place; And I Now Resolved That, However Long I Might Remain A Slave In Form, The Day Had Passed Forever When I Could Be A Slave In Fact.

The 4th Of July Is The First Great Fact In Your Nation's History — The Very Ring-bolt In The Chain Of Your Yet Undeveloped Destiny. Pride And Patriotism, Not Less Than Gratitude, Prompt You To Celebrate And To Hold It In Perpetual Remembrance. I Have Said That The Declaration Of Independence Is The Ring-bolt To The Chain Of Your Nation's Destiny; So, Indeed, I Regard It. The Principles Contained In That Instrument Are Saving Principles. Stand By Those Principles, Be True To Them On All Occasions, In All Places, Against All Foes, And At Whatever Cost.

Going To Live At Baltimore Laid The Foundation, And Opened The Gateway, To All My Subsequent Prosperity.

[...] Endless Action And Reaction. Those Beautifully Rounded Pebbles Which You Gather On The Sand And Which You Hold In Your Hand And Marvel At Their Exceeding Smoothness, Were Chiseled Into Their Varies And Graceful Forms By The Ceaseless Action Of Countless Waves. Nature Is Herself A Great Worker And Never Tolerates, Without Certain Rebuke, Any Contradiction To Her Wise Example. Inaction Is Followed By Stagnation. Stagnation Is Followed By Pestilence And Pestilence Is Followed By Death.