We learn of great things by little experiences.

And so we remained till the red of the dawn began to fall through the snow gloom. I was desolate and afraid, and full of woe and terror. But when that beautiful sun began to climb the horizon life was to me again.

How good and thoughtful he is; the world seems full of good men--even if there are monsters in it.

Love is, after all, a selfish thing; and it throws a black shadow on anything between which and the light it stands.

But we are pledged to set the world free. Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret. For in this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the doubting of wise men would be his greatest strength. It would be at once his sheath and his armor, and his weapons to destroy us, his enemies, who are willing to peril even our own souls for the safety of one we love. For the good of mankind, and for the honor and glory of God.

I have always thought that a wild animal never looks so well as when some obstacle of pronounced durability is between us. A personal experience has intensified rather than diminished that idea.

I do not, as you know, take sufficient interest in dress to be able to describe the new fashions. Dress is a bore.