Praise Begets Emulation,--a Goodly Seed To Sow

Man Is Improvable. Some People Think He Is Only A Machine, And That The Only Difference Between A Man And A Mill Is, That One Is Carried By Blood And The Other By Water.

Education Then, Beyond All Other Devices Of Human Origin, Is The Great Equalizer Of The Conditions Of Men, The Balance-wheel Of The Social Machinery.

There May Be Frugality Which Is Not Economy. A Community, That Withholds The Means Of Education From Its Children, Withholds The Bread Of Life And Starves Their Souls.

The Most Formidable Attribute Of Temptation Is Its Increasing Power, Its Accelerating Ratio Of Velocity. Every Act Of Repetition Increases Power, Diminishes Resistance. It Is Like The Letting Out Of Waters-where A Drop Can Go, A River Can Go. Whoever Yields To Temptation, Subjects Himself To The Law Of Falling Bodies.

Those Who Exert The First Influence Upon The Mind Have The Greatest Power.