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The Heroic Example Of Other Days Is In Great Part The Source Of The Courage Of Each Generation; And Men Walk Up Composedly To The Most Perilous Enterprises, Beckoned Onward By The Shades Of The Brave That Were.

Pride, If Not The Origin, Is The Medium Of All Wickedness-the Atmosphere Without Which It Would Instantly Die Away.

A Mixture Of Admiration And Pity Is One Of The Surest Recipes For Affection.

There Are Few Who Would Need Advisers, If They Were Only Accustomed To Appeal To Themselves In Their Calmest, Holiest Moments. If, When Embarrassed With Doubt As To Any Course Of Action, They Would Turn Aside From The Immediate Tumult Of The World, And From The Vain Speaking Of Those Who "darken Counsel By Words Without Knowledge;" And Would Then Commune With Their Hearts Alone, At Night, The Heavens Their Silent Counsellors, They Would Act Not Always In Accordance With The Wise Men Of This World, But With That Wisdom Which Bringeth Peace.

A Man's Action Is Only A Picture Book Of His Creed.