Let us consider under what disadvantages Science has hitherto labored before we pronounce thus confidently on her progress.

As long as I have the friendship of the sesasons life will never be a burden to me.

Let no one think that I do not love the old ministers. They were, probably, the best men in their generation, and they deserve that their biographies should fill the pages of the town histories. If I could but hear the "glad tidings" of which they tell, and which, perchance, they heard, I might write in a worthier strain than this.

Nature is mythical and mystical always, and works with the license and extravagance of genius. She has her luxurious and florid style as well as art.

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.

Some show their kindness to the poor by employing them in their kitchens. Would they not be kinder if they employed themselves there?

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.