It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory on all, that the destiny of the free republics of America was practically settled.

To genius life never grows commonplace.

Earth's biggest country 's gut her soul, An' risen up earth's greatest nation.

The dandelions and buttercups gild all the lawn: the drowsy bee stumbles among the clover tops, and summer sweetens all to me.

The material of thought re-acts upon the thought itself.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

Hush! Still as death, The tempest holds his breath As from a sudden will; The rain stops short, but from the eaves You see it drop, and hear it from the leaves, All is so bodingly still.