It must be confessed that horses at present work too exclusively for men, rarely men for horses; and the brute degenerates in man's society.

What are men celebrating? They are all on a committee of arrangements, and hourly expect a speech from somebody. God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator.

The condition-of-England question is a practical one. The condition of England demands a hero, not a poet.

From exertion come wisdom and purity; from sloth ignorance and sensuality.

Once I went so far as to slaughter a woodchuck which ravaged my bean-field,--effect his transmigration, as a Tartar would say,--and devour him, partly for experiment's sake; but though it afforded me a momentary enjoyment, notwithstanding a musky flavor, I saw that the longest use would not make that a good practice, however it might seem to have your woodchucks ready dressed by the village butcher.

My vicinity affords many good walks; and though for so many years I have walked almost every day, and sometimes for several days together, I have not yet exhausted them. An absolutely new prospect is a great happiness, and I can still get this any afternoon. Two or three hours' walking will carry me to as strange a country as I ever expect to see.

As they say in geology, time never fails, there is always enough of it, so I may say, criticism never fails.