The Sacred Lamp Of Day

The Accumulation Of Numbers Always Augments In Some Measure Moral Corruptions, And The Consequences To Health Of The Various Vices Incident Thereto, Are Well Known.

The Anchors Now Made Are Contrived So As To Sink Into The Ground As Soon As They Reach It, And To Hold A Great Strain Before They Can Be Loosened Or Dislodged From Their Station.

The Great Weight Of The Ship May Indeed Prevent Her From Acquiring Her Greatest Velocity; But When She Has Attained It, She Will Advance By Her Own Intrinsic Motion, Without Gaining Any New Degree Of Velocity, Or Lessening What She Has Acquired.

In The Time Of Battle The Hammocs, Together With Their Bedding, Are All Firmly Corded, And Fixed In The Nettings On The Quarter-deck, Or Whereever The Men Are Too Much Exposed To The View Or Fire Of The Enemy.

I Believe That Man Will Not Merely Endure; He Will Prevail. He Is Immortal, Not Because He Alone Among The Creatures Has An Inexhaustible Voice, But Because He Has A Soul, A Spirit Capable Of Kindness And Compassion.