Expediency May Tip The Scales When Arguments

We Seek To Find Peace Of Mind In The Word, The Formula, The Ritual. The Hope Is Illusion.

In Our Worship Of Certainty We Must Distinguish Between The Sound Certainty And The Sham, Between What Is Gold And What Is Tinsel; And Then, When Certainty Is Attained, We Must Remember That It Is Not The Only Good; That We Can Buy It At Too High A Price; That There Is Danger In Perpetual Quiescence As Well As In Perpetual Motion; And That A Compromise Must Be Found In A Principle Of Growth.

The Constitution Was Framed Upon The Theory That The Peoples Of The Several States Must Sink Or Swim Together, And That In The Long Run Prosperity And Salvation Are In Union And Not Division.

The Heroic Hours Of Life Do Not Announce Their Presence By Drum And Trumpet, Challenging Us To Be True To Ourselves By Appeals To The Martial Spirit That Keeps The Blood At Heat. Some Little, Unassuming, Unobtrusive Choice Presents Itself Before Us Slyly And Craftily, Glib And Insinuating, In The Modest Garb Of Innocence. . . . Then It Is That You Will Be Summoned To Show The Courage Of Adventurous Youth.

The Validity Of A Tax Depends Upon Its Nature, And Not Upon Its Name.