Necessity, Oftener Than Facility, Has Been The

Great Men Are Always Exceptional Men; And Greatness Itself Is But Comparative. Indeed, The Range Of Most Men In Life Is So Limited That Very Few Have The Opportunity Of Being Great.

Where There Is A Will There Is A Way.

Biographies Of Great, But Especially Of Good Men Are Most Instructive And Useful As Helps, Guides, And Incentives To Others. Some Of The Best Are Almost Equivalent To Gospels,--teaching High Living ,high Thinking, And Energetic Action, For Their Own And, The World's Good.

Necessity, Oftener Than Facility, Has Been The Mother Of Invention; And The Most Prolific School Of All Has Been The School Of Difficulty.

What We Are Accustomed To Decry As Great Social Evils, Will, For The Most Part, Be Found To Be Only The Out-growth Of Our Own Perverted Life; And Though We May Endeavor To Cut Them Down And Extirpate Them By Means Of Law, They Will Only Spring Up Again With Fresh Luxuriance In Some Other Form, Unless The Conditions Of Human Life And Character Are Radically Improved.