Every Error Pronounces Judgment On Itself When

The Mills Of God Grind Slowly.

The Few Have Not Strength To Achieve Great Changes Unaided; The Many Have Not Wisdom To Be Moved By Truth Unmixed.

History Is Not Only A Particular Branch Of Knowledge, But A Particular Mode And Method Of Knowledge In Other Branches.

Far From Being The Product Of A Democratic Revolution And Of An Opposition To English Institutions, The Constitution Of The United States Was The Result Of A Powerful Reaction Against Democracy, And In Favor Of The Traditions Of The Mother Country.

I Saw In States' Rights The Only Availing Check Upon The Absolutism Of The Sovereign Will, And Secession Filled Me With Hope, Not As The Destruction But As The Redemption Of Democracy.... Therefore I Deemed That You Were Fighting The Battles Of Our Liberty, Our Progress, And Our Civilization, And I Mourn For The Stake Which Was Lost At Richmond More Deeply Than I Rejoice Over That Which Was Saved At Waterloo.