It Is Far More Important To Me

I Call That Mind Free Which Protects Itself Against The Usurpations Of Society, And Which Does Not Cower To Human Opinion: Which Refuses To Be The Slave Or Tool Of The Many Or Of The Few, And Guards Its Empire Over Itself As Nobler Than The Empire Of The World.

The Worst Tyrants Are Those Which Establish Themselves In Our Own Breasts.

Soul Gathers Force It Is Possible, When The Future Is Dim, When Our Depressed Faculties Can Form No Bright Ideas Of The Perfection And Happiness Of A Better World,-it Is Possible Still To Cling To The Conviction Of God's Merciful Purpose Towards His Creatures, Of His Parental Goodness Even In Suffering, Still To Feel That The Path Of Duty, Though Trodden With A Heavy Heart, Leads To Peace.

Perhaps In Our Presence, The Most Heroic Deed On Earth Is Done In Some Silent Spirit, The Loftiest Purpose Cherished, The Most Generous Sacrifice Made, And We Do Not Suspect It. I Believe This Greatness To Be Most Common Among The Multitude, Whose Names Are Never Heard.

Progress, The Growth Of Power, Is The End And Boon Of Liberty; And, Without This, A People May Have The Name, But Want The Substance And Spirit Of Freedom.