Be A Peg, Hammered Into The Frozen

History With Its Flickering Lamp Stumbles Along The Trail Of The Past, Trying To Reconstruct Its Scenes, To Revive Its Echoes, And Kindle With Pale Gleams The Passion Of Former Days. What Is The Worth Of All This? The Only Guide To A Man Is His Conscience; The Only Shield To His Memory Is The Rectitude And Sincerity Of His Actions. It Is Very Imprudent To Walk Through Life Without This Shield, Because We Are So Often Mocked By The Failure Of Our Hopes And The Upsetting Of Our Calculations; But With This Shield, However The Fates May Play, We March Always In The Ranks Of Honor.

It Was At "little Lodge" I Was First Menaced With Education. The Approach Of A Sinister Figure Described As 'the Governess' Was Announced.

I Do Not Resent Criticism, Even When For The Sake Of Emphasis; It Parts For The Time With Reality.

We Must Not Lose Our Faculty To Dare, Particularly In Dark Days.

If Britain Must Choose Between Europe And The Open Sea, She Must Always Choose The Open Sea.