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.

If the newspapers are useful in overthrowing tyrants, it is only to establish a tyranny of their own.

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality.

Where are your combing seas, your blue water, your rollers, your breakers, your whales, or your waterspouts, and your endless motion, in this bit of a forest, child?

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.

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

The sight of a coward's blood can never make a warrior tremble.