What We Gave, We Have; What We

Appreciation, Whether Of Nature, Or Books, Or Art, Or Men, Depends Very Much On Temperament. What Is Beauty Or Genius Or Greatness To One, Is Far From Being So To Another.

Science Has Sometimes Been Said To Be Opposed To Faith, And Inconsistent With It. But All Science, In Fact, Rests On A Basis Of Faith, For It Assumes The Permanence And Uniformity Of Natural Laws - A Thing Which Can Never Be Demonstrated.

Any Act Often Repeated Soon Forms A Habit; And Habit Allowed, Steady Gains In Strength, At First It May Be But As A Spider's Web, Easily Broken Through, But If Not Resisted It Soon Binds Us With Chains Of Steel.

Thoughts Lead On To Purpose, Purpose Leads On To Actions, Actions Form Habits, Habits Decide Character, And Character Fixes Our Destiny.

Most Controversies Would Soon Be Ended, If Those Engaged In Them Would First Accurately Define Their Terms, And Then Adhere To Their Definitions.