That great America on the other side of the sphere, Australia.

I could...see in Emerson...that had he lived in those days when the world was made, he might have offered some valuable suggestions.

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

Civilization does not engross all the virtues of humanity: she has not even her full share of them. They flourish in greater abundance and attain greater strength among many barbarous people. The hospitality of the wild Arab, the courage of the North American Indian, and the faithful friendships of some of the Polynesian nations, far surpass any thing of a similar kind among the polished communities of Europe.

You cannot hide the soul.

In some things, we Americans leave to other countries the carrying out of the principle that stands at the head of our Declaration of Independence.

A man can be honest in any sort of skin.