The Tendency Of Democracies Is, In All

Liberty Is Not A Matter Of Words, But A Positive And Important Condition Of Society. Its Greatest Safeguard After Placing Its Foundations On A Popular Base, Is In The Checks And Balances Imposed On The Public Servants.

It Is The Fate Of All Things To Ripen, And Then To Decay.

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

Near The Centre Of That State Of New York Lies An Extensive District Of Country, Whose Surface Is A Succession Of Hills And Dales, Or, To Speak With Greater Deference To Geographical Definitions, Of Mountains And Valleys.

The Vulgar Charge That The Tendency Of Democracies Is To Leveling, Meaning To Drag All Down To The Level Of The Lowest, Is Singularly Untrue; Its Real Tendency Being To Elevate The Depressed To A Condition Not Unworthy Of Their Manhood.