The Antidote To This Abuse Of Formal

We Live In A New And Exceptional Age. America Is Another Word For Opportunity. Our Whole History Appears Like A Last Effort Of The Divine Providence In Behalf Of The Human Race; And A Literal, Slavish Following Of Precedents, As By A Justice Of The Peace, Is Not For Those Who At This Hour Lead The American Civilization.

There Is Simply The Rose; It Is Perfect In Every Moment Of Its Existence.

Every Word Was Once A Poem. Every New Relation Is A New Word.

There Is Something Servile In The Habit Of Seeking After A Law Which We Must Obey.

I Now Require This Of All Pictures, That They Domesticate Me, Not That They Dazzle Me. Pictures Must Not Be Too Picturesque. Nothing Astonishes Men So Much As Common-sense And Plain Dealing. All Great Actions Have Been Simple, And All Great Pictures Are.