It has been said that one bad general is better than two good ones, and the saying is true if taken to mean no more than that an army is better directed by a single mind, though inferior, than by two superior ones at variance and cross-purposes with each other. And the same is true in all joint operations wherein those engaged can have none but a common end in view and can differ only as to the choice of means. In a storm at sea no one on board can wish the ship to sink, and yet not unfrequently all go down together because too many will direct and no single mind can be allowed to control.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.

Behind the cloud the sun is still shining.

The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes.

My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.

The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.