The Chief Practical Use Of History Is

Medicine, The Only Profession That Labors Incessantly To Destroy The Reason For Its Own Existence.

No Wonder That, When A Political Career Is So Precarious, Men Of Worth And Capacity Hesitate To Embrace It. They Cannot Afford To Be Thrown Out Of Their Life's Course By A Mere Accident.

It Is Accepted As An Axiom By All Americans That The Civil Power Ought To Be Not Only Neutral And Impartial As Between Different Forms Of Faith, But Ought To Leave These Matters Entirely On One Side, Regarding Them No More Than It Regards The Artistic Or Literary Pursuits Of The Citizens.

A Political Career Brings Out The Basest Qualities In Human Nature.

Patriotism Consists Not In Waving The Flag, But In Striving That Our Country Shall Be Righteous As Well As Strong.