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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.

Perfection Is Always Found In Maturity, Whether It Be In The Animal Or In The Intellectual World. Reflection Is The Mother Of Wisdom, And Wisdom The Parent Of Success.

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

The Sight Of A Coward's Blood Can Never Make A Warrior Tremble.

The Disposition Of All Power Is To Abuses, Nor Does It At All Mend The Matter That Its Possessors Are A Majority. Unrestrained Political Authority, Though It Be Confided To Masses, Cannot Be Trusted Without Positive Limitations, Men In Bodies Being But An Aggregation Of The Passions, Weaknesses And Interests Of Men As Individuals.