Autumn arrives like a warrior with the stain of blood upon his brazen mail. His crimson scarf is rent. His scarlet banner drips with gore. His step is like a flail upon the threshing floor.

Dreams or illusions, call them what you will, they lift us from the commonplace of life to better things.

Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings - as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil; that being considered best which fairly prostrates the purchaser.

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

Learn to labour and to wait.

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.

Where'er a noble deed is wrought, Where'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise.