Light is the symbol of truth.
It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves.
Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many.
Faith in God, faith in man, faith in work: this is the short formula in which we may sum up the teachings of the founders of New England,--a creed ample enough for this life and the next.
Not suffering, but faint heart, is worst of woes.
Where Church and State are habitually associated, it is natural that minds, even of a high order, should unconsciously come to regard religion as only a subtler mode of police.