The material of thought re-acts upon the thought itself.
There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no word of genius to which the human heart and soul have not sooner or later responded.
That best academy, a mother's knee.
And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridged inch deep with pearl.
Worshippers of light ancestral make the present light a crime.
Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 't is prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified.