The Expanse Of The Ocean Is Seldom

I Can't See No Great Difference Atween Givin' Up Territory Afore A War, Out Of A Dread Of War, And Givin' It Up After A War, Because We Can't Help It-unless It Be That The Last Is The Most Manful And Honourable.

Where Are Your Combing Seas, Your Blue Water, Your Rollers, Your Breakers, Your Whales, Or Your Waterspouts, And Your Endless Motion, In This Bit Of A Forest, Child?

It Is A Governing Principle Of Nature, That The Agency Which Can Produce Most Good, When Perverted From Its Proper Aim, Is Most Productive Of Evil. It Behooves The Well-intentioned, Therefore, Vigorously To Watch The Tendency Of Even Their Most Highly Prized Institutions, Since That Which Was Established In The Interests Of The Right, May So Easily Become The Agent Of The Wrong.

How Easy It Is For Generous Sentiments, High Courtesy, And Chivalrous Courage To Lose Their Influence Beneath The Chilling Blight Of Selfishness, And To Exhibit To The World A Man Who Was Great In All The Minor Attributes Of Character, But Who Was Found Wanting When It Became Necessary To Prove How Much Principle Is Superior To Policy.

The Press, Like Fire, Is An Excellent Servant, But A Terrible Master.