The Diamond Which Shines In

Great Success Is A Great Temptation.

A Democracy,- That Is A Government Of All The People, By All The People, For All The People; Of Course, A Government Of The Principles Of Eternal Justice, The Unchanging Law Of God; For Shortness' Sake I Will Call It The Idea Of Freedom.

No Virtue Fades Out Of Mankind. Not Over-hopeful By Inborn Temperament, Cautious By Long Experience, I Yet Never Despair Of Human Virtue.

The Miraculous Revelation Of The Old Testament And The New, The Miracles Of Famous Men, Jews, Gentiles, Or Christians, — Then Franklin Had No Religion At All; And It Would Be An Insult To Say That He Believed In The Popular Theology Of His Time, Or Of Ours, For I Find Not A Line From His Pen Indicating Any Such Belief.

Man Is The Highest Product Of His Own History. The Discoverer Finds Nothing So Grand Or Tall As Himself, Nothing So Valuable To Him. The Greatest Star Is At The Small End, Of The Telescope,--the Star That Is Looking, Not Looked After Nor Looked At.