Everybody Says It, And What Everybody Says

The Tendency Of Democracies Is, In All Things, To Mediocrity, Since The Tastes, Knowledge, And Principles Of The Majority Form The Tribunal Of Appeal.

Equality, In A Social Sense, May Be Divided Into That Of Condition And That Of Rights. Equality Of Condition Is Incompatible With Civilization, And Is Found Only To Exist In Those Communities That Are But Slightly Removed From The Savage State. In Practice, It Can Only Mean A Common Misery.

Where Are Your Combing Seas, Your Blue Water, Your Rollers, Your Breakers, Your Whales, Or Your Waterspouts, And Your Endless Motion, In This Bit Of A Forest, Child?

The Sight Of A Coward's Blood Can Never Make A Warrior Tremble.

The Sublimity Connected With Vastness, Is Familiar To Every Eye.