In war, in some sense, lies the very genius of law. It is law creative and active; it is the first principle of the law. What is human warfare but just this, - an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party. Men make an arbitrary code, and, because it is not right, they try to make it prevail by might. The moral law does not want any champion. Its asserters do not go to war. It was never infringed with impunity. It is inconsistent to decry war and maintain law, for if there were no need of war there would be no need of law.

For my part, I could easily do without the post-office. I think that there are very few important communications made through it.

The schools begin with what they call the elements, and where do they end?

The fault finder will find faults even in paradise and thereby miss the joys that recognition of the positives bring.

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us.

How shall we account for our pursuits, if they are original? We get the language with which to describe our various lives out of acommon mint.

Why should not our whole life and its scenery be actually thus fair and distinct? All our lives want a suitable background. They should at least, like the life of the anchorite, be as impressive to behold as objects in a desert, a broken shaft or crumbling mound against a limitless horizon.