If we have had no past, it is well for us to look hopefully to the future - for the shadows bear the promise of a brighter coming day.

Slavery is dead, but the spirit which animated it still lives.

One needs both leisure and money to make a successful book.

There is material among us for the broadest comedies and the deepest tragedies, but, besides money and leisure, it needs patience, perseverance, courage, and the hand of an artist to weave it into the literature of the country.

I do not think the mere extension of the ballot a panacea for all the ills of our national life. What we need to-day is not simplymore voters, but better voters.

Amid ancient lore the Word of God stands unique and pre-eminent. Wonderful in its construction, admirable in its adaptation, it contains truths that a child may comprehend, and mysteries into which angels desire to look.

A room to myself is a luxury that I do not always enjoy.