The Lesson Of History Is Rarely Learned

Whatever I May Believe In Theology, I Do Not Believe In The Doctrine Of Vicarious Atonement In Politics.

The Possession Of Great Powers No Doubt Carries With It A Comtempt For Mere External Show

For Honest Merit To Succeed Amid The Tricks And Intrigues Which Are Now So Lamentably Common, I Know Is Difficult; But The Honor Of Success Is Increased By The Obstacles Which Are To Be Surmounted. Let Me Triumph As A Man Or Not At All.

It Would Convert The Treasury Of The United States Into A Manufactory Of Paper Money. It Makes The House Of Representatives And The Senate, Or The Caucus Of The Party Which Happens To Be In The Majority, The Absolute Dictator Of The Financial And Business Affairs Of This Country. This Scheme Surpasses All The Centralism And All The Caesarism That Were Ever Charged Upon The Republican Party In The Wildest Days Of The War Or In The Events Growing Out Of The War.

When The Divine Artist Would Produce A Poem, He Plants A Germ Of It In A Human Soul, And Out Of That Soul The Poem Springs And Grows As From The Rose-tree The Rose.