The Great Must Submit To The Dominion

As To Great And Commanding Talents, They Are The Gift Of Providence In Some Way Unknown To Us, They Rise Where They Are Least Expected; They Fail When Everything Seems Disposed To Produce Them, Or At Least To Call Them Forth.

Writers, Especially When They Act In A Body And With One Direction, Have Great Influence On The Public Mind.

Religion Is The Basis Of Civil Society, And The Source Of All Good And Of All Comfort.

To Be Struck With His Power, It Is Only Necessary To Open Our Eyes.

Vice Incapacitates A Man From All Public Duty; It Withers The Powers Of His Under- Standing, And Makes His Mind Paralytic.