A River Is The Cosiest Of Friends.

Patriotism, Or The Peculiar Relation Of An Individual To His Country, Is Like The Family Instinct. In The Child It Is A Blind Devotion; In The Man In Intelligent Love. The Patriot Perceives The Claim Made Upon His Country By The Circumstances And Time Of Her Growth And Power, And How God Is To Be Served By Using Those Opportunities Of Helping Mankind. Therefore His Country's Honor Is Dear To Him As His Own, And He Would As Soon Lie And Steal Himself As Assist Or Excuse His Country In A Crime.

A Man's Country Is Not A Certain Area Of Land, Of Mountains, Rivers, And Woods, But It Is A Principle And Patriotism Is Loyalty To That Principle.

Books Of Entertainment First Led Adam Clarke To Believe In A Spiritual World.

Virtue Does Not Truly Reward Her Votary If She Leaves Him Sad And Half Doubtful Whether It Would Not Have Been Better To Serve Vice.

The Test Of Civilization Is The Estimate Of Woman. Among Savages She Is A Slave. In The Dark Ages Of Christianity She Is A Toy And A Sentimental Goddess. With Increasing Moral Light, And Greater Liberty, And More Universal Justice, She Begins To Develop As An Equal Human Being.