Religion Is A Temper, Not

The Sick-room Becomes The Scene Of Intense Convictions; And Among These, None, It Seems To Me, Is More Distinct And Powerful Than That Of The Permanent Nature Of Good, And The Transient Nature Of Evil.

[on Being Deaf:] We Must Struggle For Whatever May Be Had, Without Encroaching On The Comfort Of Others.

Leisure, Some Degree Of It, Is Necessary To The Health Of Every Man's Spirit.

I Certainly Never Believed, More Or Less, In The "essential Doctrines" Of Christianity, Which Represent God As The Predestinator Of Men To Sin And Perdition, And Christ As Their Rescuer From That Doom. I Never Was More Or Less Behuiled By The Trickery Of Language By Which The Perdition Of Man Is Made Out To Be Justice, And His Redemption To Be Mercy.

It Is A Testament To The Strength And Purity Of The Democratic Sentiment In The Country, That The Republic Has Not Been Overthrown By Its Newspapers.