Individuals may wear for a time the glory of our institutions, but they carry it not to the grave with them. Like raindrops from heaven, they may pass through the circle of the shining bow and add to its luster; but when they have sunk in the earth again, the proud arch still spans the sky and shines gloriously on.

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

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

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.

[Science] is the literature of God written on the stars-the trees-the rocks-and more important because [of] its marked utilitarian character.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.