We Have All A Propensity To Grasp

Things Are Sullen, And Will Be As They Are, Whatever We Think Them Or Wish Them To Be.

Some Who Are Far From Atheists, May Make Themselves Merry With That Conceit Of Thousands Of Spirits Dancing At Once Upon A Needle's Point.

Christ Came Not To Possess Our Brains With Some Cold Opinions, That Send Down A Freezing And Benumbing Influence Into Our Hearts. Christ Was A Master Of The Life, Not Of The School; And He Is The Best Christian Whose Heart Beats With The Purest Pulse Towards Heaven, Not He Whose Head Spins The Finest Cobweb.

We Have All A Propensity To Grasp At Forbidden Fruit.

Knowledge Is Not A Passion From Without The Mind, But An Active Exertion Of The Inward Strength, Vigor And Power Of The Mind, Displaying Itself From Within.