It Is Usually More Important

Government, Religion, Property, Books, Are Nothing But The Scaffolding To Build Men. Earth Holds Up To Her Master No Fruit Like The Finished Man.

The Sea Has Been Called Deceitful And Treacherous, But There Lies In This Trait Only The Character Of A Great Natural Power, Which, To Speak According To Our Own Feelings, Renews Its Strength, And, Without Reference To Joy Or Sorrow, Follows Eternal Laws Which Are Imposed By A Higher Power.

To Behold, Is Not Necessary To Observe, And The Power Of Comparing And Combining Is Only To Be Obtained By Education. It Is Much To Be Regretted That Habits Of Exact Observation Are Not Cultivated In Our Schools; To This Deficiency May Be Traced Much Of The Fallacious Reasoning, The False Philosophy Which Prevails.

Only What We Have Wrought Into Our Character During Life Can We Take With Us.

Wherever The Citizen Becomes Indifferent To His Fellows, So Will The Husband Be To His Wife, And The Father Of A Family Toward The Members Of His Household.