What will the axemen do, when they have cut their way from sea to sea?

On the human imagination, events produce the effects of time. Thus, he who has travelled far and seen much, is apt to fancy that he has lived long; and the history that most abounds in important incidents, soonest assumes the aspect of antiquity.

At no period of the naval history of the world, is it probable that Marines were more important than during the War of the Revolution.

A soul,--a spark of the never-dying flame that separates man from all the other beings of earth.

Contact with the affairs of state is one of the most corrupting of the influences to which men are exposed.

God planted the seeds of all the trees," continued Hetty, after a moment's pause, "and you see to what a height and shade they have grown! So it is with the Bible. You may read a verse this year, and forget it, and it will come back to you a year hence, when you least expect to remember it.

The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.