But the divinest poem, or the life of a great man, is the severest satire.... The greater the genius, the keener the edge of the satire.

The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequacy of the residual statement.

The sacredness, if there is any, is all in yourself and not in the place.

I think it will be found that he who speaks with most authority on a given subject is not ignorant of what has been said by his predecessors. He will take his place in a regular order, and substantially add his own knowledge to the knowledge of previous generations.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

Be not anxious to avoid poverty. In this way the wealth of the universe may be securely invested.

A regular council was held with the Indians, who had come in on their ponies, and speeches were made on both sides through an interpreter, quite in the described mode,--the Indians, as usual, having the advantage in point of truth and earnestness, and therefore of eloquence. The most prominent chief was named Little Crow. They were quite dissatisfied with the white man's treatment of them, and probably have reason to be so.