To Most People, Nothing Is More Troublesome

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.

There Is A Hearty Puritanism In The View Of Human Nature Which Pervades The Instrument Of 1787. It Is The Work Of Men Who Believed In Original Sin, And Were Resolved To Leave Open For Transgressors No Door Which They Could Possibly Shut.

The Ordinary American Voter Does Not Object To Mediocrity. He Likes His Candidate To Be Sensible, Vigorous, And, Above All, What He Calls 'magnetic,' And Does Not Value, Because He Sees No Need For, Originality Or Profundity, A Fine Culture Or A Wide Knowledge.

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

Life Is Too Short For Reading Inferior Books.