The Atheist Has No Hope.

A Politician Thinks Of The Next Election; A Statement Of The Next Generation. A Politician Looks For The Success Of His Party; A Statesman For That Of His Country. The Statesman Wishes To Steer, While The Politician Is Satisfied To Drift.

Amid All Change, We Desire Something Permanent; Amid All Variety, Something Stable; Amid All Progress, Some Central Unity Of Life; Something Which Deepens As We Ascend; Which Roots Itself As We Advance; Which Grows More And More Tenacious Of The Old, While Becoming More And More Open To The New.

This Is The Way To Cultivate Courage: First, By Standing Firm On Some Conscientious Principle, Some Law Of Duty. Next, By Being Faithful To Truth And Right On Small Occasions And Common Events. Third, By Trusting In God For Help And Power.

Unmixed Praise Is Not Due To Any One. It Leaves Behind A Sense Of Unreality. We Can Only Do Justice To A Great Man By A Discriminating Criticism. Hero-worship, Which Paints A Faultless Monster, Whom The World Never Saw, Is Like Those Modern Pictures Which Are A Blaze Of Light Without Any Shadow.

Conscience In The Soul Is The Root Of All True Courage. If A Man Would Be Brave, Let Him Learn To Obey His Conscience.