With a little more deliberation in the choice of their pursuits, all men would perhaps become essentially students and observers, for certainly their nature and destiny are interesting to all alike.

The child should have the advantage of ignorance as well as of knowledge, and is fortunate if he gets his share of neglect and exposure.

And so the seasons went rolling on into summer, as one rambles into higher and higher grass.

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.

Those things which now most engage the attention of men, as politics and the daily routine, are, it is true, vital functions of human society, but should be unconsciously performed, like the corresponding functions of the physical body.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Morning work! By the blushes of Aurora and the music of Memnon, what should be man's morning work in this world?