I Did Only What My Duty Demanded.

The Gentleman Does Not Needlessly And Unnecessarily Remind An Offender Of A Wrong He May Have Committed Against Him. He Cannot Only Forgive, He Can Forget; And He Strives For That Nobleness Of Self And Mildness Of Character Which Impart Sufficient Strength To Let The Past Be But The Past. A True Man Of Honor Feels Humbled Himself When He Cannot Help Humbling Others.

Life Insurance Trusts I Consider Sacred. To Hazard The Property Of The Dead & To Lose The Scanty Earnings Of Fathers & Husbands, Who Have Toiled & Saved That They May Leave Something To Their Families Deprived Of Their Care & The Support Of Their Labour, Is To My Mind The Worst Of Crimes.

My Experiences Of Men Has Neither Disposed Me To Think Worse Of Them Nor Be Indisposed To Serve Them: Nor, In Spite Of Failures Which I Lament, Of Errors Which I Now See And Acknowledge, Or The Present Aspect Of Affairs, Do I Despair Of The Future. The Truth Is This: The March Of Providence Is So Slow And Our Desires So Impatient; The Work Of Progress So Immense And Our Means Of Aiding It So Feeble; The Life Of Humanity Is So Long, That Of The Individual So Brief, That We Often See Only The Ebb Of The Advancing Wave And Are Thus Discouraged. It Is History That Teaches Us To Hope.

Such An Executive Officer The Sun Never Shone On. I Have But To Show Him My Design, And I Know That It Can Be Done, It Will Be Done...straight As The Needle To The Pole He Advanced To The Execution Of My Purpose.

Traveler Is My Only Companion; I May Also Say My Pleasure. He And I, Whenever Practicable, Wander Out In The Mountains And Enjoy Sweet Confidence.