I Always Get The Better When I

We May Affirm Of Mr. Buffon, That Which Has Been Said Of The Chemists Of Old; Though He May Have Failed In Attaining His Principal Aim, Of Establishing A Theory, Yet He Has Brought Together Such A Multitude Of Facts Relative To The History Of The Earth, And The Nature Of Its Fossil Productions, That Curiosity Finds Ample Compensation, Even While It Feels The Want Of Conviction.

Death When Unmasked Shows Us A Friendly Face And Is A Terror Only At A Distance.

So The Loud Torrent, And The Whirlwind's Roar, But Bind Him To His Native Mountains More.

Our Bounty, Like A Drop Of Water, Disappears, When Diffus'd Too Widely

Pride In Their Port, Defiance In Their Eye, I See The Lords Of Humankind Pass By.