The Greatest Object In Educating Is To

Why Can A Man Not Act Himself, Be Himself, And Think For Himself? It Seems To Me That Naturalness Alone Is Power; That A Borrowed Word Is Weaker Than Our Own Weakness, However Small We May Be.

Yesterday I Had A Shaker Visitor, And Today A Catholic; And The More I See And Hear, The Less Do I Care About Church Doctrines.

The Southern Character Is Opposed To Haste. Safety Is Of More Worth Than Speed, And There Is No Hurry.

Nothing Comes Out More Clearly In Astronomical Observations Than The Immense Activity Of The Universe.

A Young Sailor Boy Came To See Me To-day. It Pleases Me To Have These Lads Seek Me On Their Return From Their First Voyage, And Tell Me How Much They Have Learned About Navigation.