Inspiration Must Find Answering Inspiration.

Prudence Is The Footprint Of Wisdom.

One Must Be Rich In Thought And Character To Owe Nothing To Books.

Nor Is A Day Lived If The Dawn Is Left Out Of It, With The Prospects It Opens. Who Speaks Charmingly Of Nature Or Of Mankind, Like Him Who Comes Bibulous Of Sunrise And The Fountains Of Waters?

The Passions Refuse To Be Organized On A Basis Of Their Own; Hostile To Personal Freedom And One Another, They Rush Precipitately Into Anarchy And Mob Rule.

The History Of Books Shows The Humblest Origin Of Some Of The Most Valued, Wrought As These Were Out Of Obscure Materials By Persons Whose Names Thereafter Became Illustrious. The Thumbed Volumes, Now So Precious To Thousands, Were Compiled From Personal Experiences And Owe Their Interest To Touches Of Inspiration Of Which The Writer Was Less Author Than Amanuensis, Himself The Voiced Word Of Life For All Times.