True Love Is The Parent Of Humility.

A General Loftiness Of Sentiment, Independence Of Men, Consciousness Of Good Intentions, Self-oblivion In Great Objects, Clear Views Of Futurity; Thoughts Of The Blessed Companionship Of Saints And Angels, Trust In God As The Friend Of Truth And Virtue,--these Are The States Of Mind In Which I Should Live.

There Is But A Very Minute Portion Of The Creation Which We Can Turn Into Food And Clothes, Or Gratification For The Body; But The Whole Creation May Be Used To Minister To The Sense Of Beauty.

War Is To Be Ranked Among The Most Dreadful Calamities Which Fall On A Guilty World; And, What Deserves Consideration, It Tends To Multiply And Perpetuate Itself Without End. It Feeds And Grows On The Blood Which It Sheds. The Passions, From Which It Springs, Gain Strength And Fury From Indulgence.

Conscience, The Sense Of Right, The Power Of Perceiving Moral Distinctions, The Power Of Discerning Between Justice And Injustice, Excellence And Baseness, Is The Highest Faculty Given Us By God, The Whole Foundation Of Our Responsibility, And Our Sole Capacity For Religion. ...god, In Giving Us Conscience, Has Implanted A Principle Within Us Which Forbids Us To Prostrate Ourselves Before Mere Power, Or To Offer Praise Where We Do Not Discover Worth.

God Be Thanked For Books; They Are The Voices Of The Distant And The Dead, And Make Us Heirs Of The Spiritual Life Of Past Ages.