War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

Yea, foolish mortals, Noah's flood is not yet subsided; two thirds of the fair world it yet covers.

The Anglo-Saxon hive have extirpated Paganism from the greater part of the North American continent; but with it they have likewise extirpated the greater portion of the Red race. Civilization is gradually sweeping from the earth the lingering vestiges of Paganism, and at the same time the shrinking forms of its unhappy worshippers.

The western spirit is, or will yet be (for no other is, or can be) the true American one.

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.

Mystery is in the morning, and mystery in the night, and the beauty of mystery is everywhere; but still the plain truth remains, that mouth and purse must be filled.

Whatever my fate, I'll go to it laughing.