They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that 'one man is as good as another'; a maxim that is true in neither nature, revealed morals, nor political theory.

There is a destiny in war, to which a brave man knows how to submit with the same courage that he faces his foes.

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality.

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

Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.

It is seldom men think of death in the pride of their health and strength.

No one, who is familiar with the bustle and activity of an American commercial town, would recognise, in the repose which now reigns in the ancient mart of Rhode Island, a place that, in its day, has been ranked amongst the most important ports along the whole line of our extended coast.