Tortured For The Republic.

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.

At Present, The Most Valuable Gift Which Can Be Bestowed Upon Women Is Something To Do Which They Can Do Well And Worthily, And Thereby Maintain Themselves.

Coercion Is The Basis Of Every Law In The Universe,--human Or Divine. A Law Is Not Law Without Coercion Behind It.

Real Political Issues Cannot Be Manufactured By The Leaders Of Political Parties, And Real Ones Cannot Be Evaded By Political Parties. The Real Political Issues Of The Day Declare Themselves, And Come Out Of The Depths Of That Deep Which We Call Public Opinion.

[science] Is The Literature Of God Written On The Stars-the Trees-the Rocks-and More Important Because [of] Its Marked Utilitarian Character.