The Tendency Of Democracies Is,

Death Is Appalling To Those Of The Most Iron Nerves, When It Comes Quietly And In The Stillness And Solitude Of Night.

Friendship That Flows From The Heart Cannot Be Frozen By Adversity, As The Water That Flows From The Spring Cannogt Congeal In Winter.

Commerce Is Entitled To A Complete And Efficient Protection In All Its Legal Rights, But The Moment It Presumes To Control A Country, Or To Substitute Its Fluctuating Expedients For The High Principles Of Natural Justice That Ought To Lie At The Root Of Every Political System, It Should Be Frowned On, And Rebuked.

How Easy It Is For Generous Sentiments, High Courtesy, And Chivalrous Courage To Lose Their Influence Beneath The Chilling Blight Of Selfishness, And To Exhibit To The World A Man Who Was Great In All The Minor Attributes Of Character, But Who Was Found Wanting When It Became Necessary To Prove How Much Principle Is Superior To Policy.

God Planted The Seeds Of All The Trees," Continued Hetty, After A Moment's Pause, "and You See To What A Height And Shade They Have Grown! So It Is With The Bible. You May Read A Verse This Year, And Forget It, And It Will Come Back To You A Year Hence, When You Least Expect To Remember It.