I Cannot Ask Of Heaven Success, Even

It Has Been My Custom For Many Years To Read The Bible In Its Entirety Once A Year

The Barbarian Chieftain, Who Defended His Country Against The Roman Invasion, Driven To The Remotest Extremity Of Britain, And Stimulating His Followers To Battle, By All That Has Power Of Persuasion Upon The Human Heart, Concludes His Exhortation By An Appeal To These Irresistible Feelings - "think Of Your Forefathers And Of Your Posterity."

Not Stones, Nor Wood, Nor The Art Of Artisans Make A State; But Where Men Are Who Know How To Take Care Of Themselves, These Are Cities And Walls.

Life Is A Problem; Mortal Man Was Made To Solve The Solemn Problem Right Or Wrong.

This Mode Of Electioneering Suited Neither My Taste Nor My Principles. I Thought It Equally Unsuitable To My Personal Character And To The Station In Which I Am Placed.