If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.
George BancroftBeauty is but the sensible image of the infinite. Like truth and justice, it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law, it is a companion of the soul.
George BancroftNot in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste of humanity.
George Bancroft