In the minds of most men, the kingdom of opinion is divided into three territories,--the territory of yes, the territory of no, and a broad, unexplored middle ground of doubt.

I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.

There are some things I am afraid of: I am afraid to do a mean thing.

But for we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare... are to be found portrayed in it.

Wherever a ship ploughs the sea, or a plough furrows the field; wherever a mine yields its treasure; wherever a ship or a railroad train carries freight to market; wherever the smoke of the furnace rises, or the clang of the loom resounds; even in the lonely garret where the seamstress plies her busy needle--there is industry.

History is constantly repeating itself, making only such changes of programme as the growth of nations and centuries requires.

[It is possible] that the race of red men ... will, before many generations, be remembered only as a strange, weird, dream-like specter, which has passed once before the eyes of men, but had departed forever.