I Think We Have Reason To Thank

I Think Every Individual, And Every Society, Is Perfected Just In Proportion To The Combination, And Cooperation, Of Masculine And Feminine Elements Of Character. He Is The Most Perfect Man Who Is Affectionate As Well As Intellectual; And She Is The Most Perfect Woman Who Is Intellectual As Well As Affectionate. Every Art And Science Becomes More Interesting, Viewed Both From The Masculine And Feminine Points Of View.

In The First Place, An Unjust Law Exists In This Commonwealth, By Which Marriages Between Persons Of Different Color Is Pronounced Illegal. I Am Perfectly Aware Of The Gross Ridicule To Which I May Subject Myself By Alluding To This Particular; But I Have Lived Too Long, And Observed Too Much, To Be Disturbed By The World's Mockery.

Birds And Beasts Have In Fact Our Own Nature, Flattened A Semi-tone.

Flowers Have Spoken To Me More Than I Can Tell In Written Words. They Are The Hieroglyphics Of Angels, Loved By All Men For The Beauty Of Their Character, Though Few Can Decipher Even Fragments Of Their Meaning.

Thy Treasures Of Gold Are Dim With The Blood Of The Hearts Thou Hast Sold; Thy Home May Be Lovely, But Round It I Hear The Crack Of The Whip, And The Footsteps Of Fear.