It Is Better For A Man To

How Easy It Is For Generous Sentiments, High Courtesy, And Chivalrous Courage To Lose Their Influence Beneath The Chilling Blight Of Selfishness, And To Exhibit To The World A Man Who Was Great In All The Minor Attributes Of Character, But Who Was Found Wanting When It Became Necessary To Prove How Much Principle Is Superior To Policy.

They Who Have Reasoned Ignorantly, Or Who Have Aimed At Effecting Their Personal Ends By Flattering The Popular Feeling, Have Boldly Affirmed That 'one Man Is As Good As Another'; A Maxim That Is True In Neither Nature, Revealed Morals, Nor Political Theory.

Where Are Your Combing Seas, Your Blue Water, Your Rollers, Your Breakers, Your Whales, Or Your Waterspouts, And Your Endless Motion, In This Bit Of A Forest, Child?

It Is Seldom Men Think Of Death In The Pride Of Their Health And Strength.

The Novice In The Military Art Flew From Point To Point, Retarding His Own Preparations By The Excess Of His Violent And Somewhat Distempered Zeal; While The More Practiced Veteran Made His Arrangements With A Deliberation That Scorned Every Appearance Of Haste