When He Is Wounded, I

If We Expect To Inherit The Blessings Of Our Fathers, We Should Return A Little More To Their Primitive Simplicity Of Manners.

The Great Fish Swallow Up The Small; And He Who Is Most Strenuous For The Rights Of The People, When Vested With Power, Is As Eager After The Prerogatives Of Government.

You Cannot Know, Should I Discribe To You; The Feelings Of A Parent . . . . Four Years Have Already Past Away Since You Left Your Native Land, And This Rural Cottage-humble Indeed, When Compared To The Palaces You Have Visited, And The Pomp You Have Been Witness To. But I Dare Say You Have Not Been So Inattentive An Observer, As To Suppose That Sweet Peace, And Contentment, Cannot Inhabit The Lowly Roof, And Bless The Tranquil Inhabitants, Equally Guarded And Protected, In Person And Property, In This Happy Country, As Those Who Reside In The Most Elegant And Costly Dwellings.

O, I Have Read His Heart In His Wicked Eyes Many A Time. The Very Devil Is In Them.

I Am More And More Convinced That Man Is A Dangerous Creature And That Power, Whether Vested In Many Or A Few, Is Ever Grasping, And Like The Grave, Cries, 'give, Give.'