The Sin That Now Rises To Memory

The Office Of Government Is Not To Confer Happiness, But To Give Men The Opportunity To Work Out Happiness For Themselves.

Life Is A Fragment, A Moment Between Two Eternities.

We Smile At The Ignorance Of The Savage Who Cuts Down The Tree In Order To Reach Its Fruit; But The Same Blunder Is Made By Every Person Who Is Over Eager And Impatient In The Pursuit Of Pleasure.

Progress, The Growth Of Power, Is The End And Boon Of Liberty; And, Without This, A People May Have The Name, But Want The Substance And Spirit Of Freedom.

The Domestic Relations Precede, And In Our Present Existence Are Worth More Than All Our Other Social Ties. They Give The First Throb To The Heart, And Unseal The Deep Fountains Of Its Love. Home Is The Chief School Of Human Virtue. Its Responsibilities, Joys, Sorrows, Smiles, Tears, Hopes, And Solicitudes Form The Chief Interest Of Human Life.