Wherever Comes Man Comes Tragedy And Comedy

The Mind Is Fast Emancipating Itself From The Dominion Of Man And Of Matter. It Has Let Loose Fearful Forces On The World.

Evil Is Retributive: Every Trespass Slips Fetters On The Will, Holds The Soul In Durance Till Contrition And Repentance Restore It To Liberty.

There Is Virtue In Country Houses, In Gardens And Orchards, In Fields, Streams And Groves, In Rustic Recreations And Plain Manners, That Neither Cities Nor Universities Enjoy.

One Must Be Rich In Thought And Character To Owe Nothing To Books, Though Preparation Is Necessary To Profitable Reading; And The Less Reading Is Better Than More;--book-struck Men Are Of All Readers Least Wise, However Knowing Or Learned.

Sloth Is The Tempter That Beguiles And Expels From Paradise.