Here, before God, in the presence of these witnesses, from this time, I consecrate my life to the destruction of slavery!

There is a shrine in the temple of age, where lie forever embalmed the memories of such as have deserved well of their country and their race.

The United States is a place where the men govern, but the women rule.

I think every family should have a dog; it is like having a perpetual baby; it is the plaything and crony of the whole house. It keeps them all young.

It is not a case we are treating; it is a living, palpitating, alas, too often suffering fellow creature.

Symptoms are the body's mother tongue; signs are in a foreign language.

I have been whipped, as the saying is, but I am sure I can recover all the lost capital occasioned by that disaster; by only hanging a few moments by the neck; and I feel quite determined to make the utmost possible out of a defeat.