Tyrants are but the spawn of Ignorance, Begotten by the slaves they trample on.

Though old the thought and oft exprest, Tis his at last who says it best.

Practical application is the only mordant which will set things in the memory. Study without it is gymnastics, and not work, which alone will get intellectual bread.

Democracy is that form of society, no matter what its political classification, in which every man has a chance and knows that he has it.

There is surely room for yet another schoolmaster when a score of seers advertise themselves in Boston newspapers.

Whom the heart of man shuts out, Sometimes the heart of God takes in, And fences them all round about With silence mid the worlds loud din.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.