There Are Evils Worse Than Death.

The Americans... Are Almost Ignorant Of The Art Of Music, One Of The Most Elevating, Innocent And Refining Of Human Tastes, Whose Influence On The Habits And Morals Of A People Is Of The Most Beneficial Tendency.

On The Human Imagination Events Produce The Effects Of Time.

Chingachgook Grasped The Hand That, In The Warmth Of Feeling, The Scout Had Stretched Across The Fresh Earth, And In That Attitude Of Friendship These Intrepid Woodsmen Bowed Their Heads Together, While Scalding Tears Fell To Their Feet, Watering The Grave Of Uncas Like Drops Of Falling Rain.

Superstition Is A Quality That Seems Indigenous To The Ocean.

On The Human Imagination, Events Produce The Effects Of Time. Thus, He Who Has Travelled Far And Seen Much, Is Apt To Fancy That He Has Lived Long; And The History That Most Abounds In Important Incidents, Soonest Assumes The Aspect Of Antiquity.