It seems to me that the bane of our country is a profession of faith either with no basis of real belief, or with no proper examination of the grounds on which the creed is supposed to rest.

And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.

His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity-Zekle.

Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men; but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction.

Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne.

Large charity doth never soil, but only whitens soft white hands.

Be He nowhere else, God is in all that liberates and lifts, in all that humbles, sweetens, and consoles.