A Dominant Religion Is Never Ascetic.

In Employing Fiction To Make Truth Clear And Goodness Attractive, We Are Only Following The Example Which Every Christian Ought To Propose To Himself.

Propriety Of Thought And Propriety Of Diction Are Commonly Found Together. Obscurity And Affectation Are The Two Greatest Faults Of Style. Obscurity Of Expression Generally Springs From Confusion Of Ideas; And The Same Wish To Dazzle, At Any Cost, Which Produces Affectation In The Manner Of A Writer, Is Likely To Produce Sophistry In His Reasonings.

The Real Security Of Christianity Is To Be Found In Its Benevolent Morality, In Its Exquisite Adaptation To The Human Heart, In The Facility With Which Its Scheme Accommodates Itself To The Capacity Of Every Human Intellect, In The Consolation Which It Bears To The House Of Mourning, In The Light With Which It Brightens The Great Mystery Of The Grave.

And To Say That Society Ought To Be Governed By The Opinion Of The Wisest And Best, Though True, Is Useless. Whose Opinion Is To Decide Who Are The Wisest And Best?

Lars Porsena Of Clusium By The Nine Gods He Swore That The Great House Of Tarquin Should Suffer Wrongs No More.