Near the centre of that State of New York lies an extensive district of country, whose surface is a succession of hills and dales, or, to speak with greater deference to geographical definitions, of mountains and valleys.

History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness.

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

Superstition is a quality that seems indigenous to the ocean.

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.

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

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.