As the past has ceased to throw its light upon the future, the mind of man wanders in obscurity.

Physical strength therefore is one of the first conditions of happiness and even of the existence of nations.

To get the inestimable good that freedom of the press assures one must know how to submit to the inevitable evil it gives rise to.

Christianity has therefore retained a strong hold on the public mind in America... In the United States... Christianity itself is a fact so irresistibly established, that no one undertakes either to attack or to defend it.

The prejudice of the race appears stronger in the States that have abolished slaves than in the States where slavery still exists. White carpenters, white bricklayers, and white painters will not work side by side with the blacks in the North but do it in almost every Southern State.

America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement.

No stigma attaches to the love of money in America, and provided it does not exceed the bounds imposed by public order, it is held in honor. The American will describe as noble and estimable ambition that our medieval ancestors would have called base cupidity.