The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto, and every man a word. Its strains have been pealing along down the centuries, and though there have been mingled the discords of warring cannon and dying men, yet to the Christian philosopher and historian - the humble listener - there has been a Divine melody running through the song which speaks of hope and halcyon days to come.

The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions.

Liberty is no negation. It is a substantive, tangible reality.

The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other.

God reigns, and the Government at Washington still lives!

There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States.

True art is but the anti-type of nature; the embodiment of discovered beauty in utility.