Individuality Is The Aim Of

At No Period Of The Naval History Of The World, Is It Probable That Marines Were More Important Than During The War Of The Revolution.

It Is The Fate Of All Things To Ripen, And Then To Decay.

All Greatness Of Character Is Dependent On Individuality. The Man Who Has No Other Existence Than That Which He Partakes In Common With All Around Him, Will Never Have Any Other Than An Existence Of Mediocrity.

It Was A Feature Peculiar To The Colonial Wars Of North America, That The Toils And Dangers Of The Wilderness Were To Be Encountered, Before The Adverse Hosts Could Meet. A Wide, And, Apparently, An Impervious Boundary Of Forests, Severed The Possessions Of The Hostile Provinces Of France And England. The Hardy Colonist, And The Trained European Who Fought At His Side, Frequently Expended Months In Struggling Against The Rapids Of The Streams, Or In Effecting The Rugged Passes Of The Mountains, In Quest Of An Opportunity To Exhibit Their Courage In A More Martial Conflict.

We Live In A World Of Transgressions And Selfishness, And No Pictures That Represent Us Otherwise Can Be True; Though Happily For Human Nature, Gleamings Of That Pure Spirit In Whose Likeness Man Has Been Fashioned, Are To Be Seen, Relieving Its Deformities, And Mitigating, If Not Excusing Its Crimes.