SaturdayJul 25, 2026
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I call that mind free which protects itself against the usurpations of society, which does not cower to human opinion, which feels itself accountable to a higher tribunal than man's, which respects itself too much to be the slave of the many or the few.
Habitat of castle gray, Creeping thing in sober way, Visible sage mechanician, Skillfulest arithmetician.
All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
The hills are reared, the seas are scooped in vain If learnings altar vanish from the plain.
I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me If my bark sinks, tis to another sea.
He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a lifetime is unraveled.
We can fix our eyes on perfection, and make almost everything speed towards it.
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.
We are judged not by the degree of our light but by fidelity to the light we have.
Ideas are the mightiest influence on earth. One great thought breathed into a man may regenerate him.
Soul Gathers Force It is possible, when the future is dim, when our depressed faculties can form no bright ideas of the perfection and happiness of a better world,it is possible still to cling to the conviction of Gods merciful purpose towards His creatures, of His parental goodness even in suffering, still to feel that the path of duty, though trodden with a heavy heart, leads to peace; still to be true to conscience; still to do our work, to resist temptation, to be useful, though with diminished energy, to give up our wills when we cannot rejoice under Gods mysterious providence. In this patient, though uncheered obedience, we become prepared for light. The soul gathers force.
The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should therefore be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated. If the doctrine be admitted, rulers have only to declare war and they are screened at once from scrutiny.... In war, then, as in peace, assert the freedom of speech and of the press. Cling to this as the bulwark of all our rights and privileges.
Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no other is, and to do what no other can do.
All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, And grow wiser and more serene.
Everything here, but the soul of man, is a passing shadow. The only enduring substance is within.
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