The expanse of the ocean is seldom seen by the novice with indifference.

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

Whatever may be the changes produced by man, the eternal round of the seasons is unbroken.

The sublimity connected with vastness, is familiar to every eye.

Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing its foundations on a popular base, is in the checks and balances imposed on the public servants.

Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.

Slavery is no more sinful, by the Christian code, than it is sinful to wear a whole coat, while another is in tatters, to eat a better meal than a neighbor, or otherwise to enjoy ease and plenty, while our fellow creatures are suffering and in want.