The Expanse Of The Ocean Is Seldom

As Reason And Revelation Both Tell Us That This State Of Being Is But A Preparation For Another Of A Still Higher And More Spiritual Order, All The Interests Of Life Are Of Comparatively Little Importance, When Put In The Balance Against The Future.

No Civilized Society Can Long Exist, With An Active Power In Its Bosom That Is Stronger Than The Law.

A Monarchy Is The Most Expensive Of All Forms Of Government, The Regal State Requiring A Costly Parade, And He Who Depends On His Own Power To Rule, Must Strengthen That Power By Bribing The Active And Enterprising Whom He Cannot Intimidate.

The Press, Like Fire, Is An Excellent Servant, But A Terrible Master.

Equality, In A Social Sense, May Be Divided Into That Of Condition, And That Of Rights. Equality Of Condition Is Incompatible With Civilization, And Is Found Only To Exist In Those Communities That Are But Slightly Removed From The Savage State. In Practice, It Can Only Mean A Common Misery. Equality Of Rights Is A Peculiar Feature Of Democracies. These Rights Are Properly Divided Into Civil And Political, Though Even These Definitions Are Not To Be Taken As Absolute, Or As Literally Exact.