Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.

PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull.

ELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice.

Every patriot believes his country better than any other country . . . In its active manifestation-it is fond of killing-patriotism would be well enough if it were simply defensive, but it is also aggressive . . . Patriotism deliberately and with folly aforethought subordinates the interests of a whole to the interests of a part . . . Patriotism is fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave and blind as a stone.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

No country is so wild and difficult but men will make it a theater of war.

LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.