To be deep in history, is to cease to be Protestant.

The heart is commonly reached, not through the reason, but through the imagination, by means of direct impressions, by the testimony of facts and events, by history, by description. Persons influence us, voices melt us, looks subdue us, deeds inflame us. Many a man will live and die upon a dogma; no man will be a martyr for a conclusion.

Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.

When men understand what each other mean, they see, for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless

Courage does not consist in calculation, but in fighting against chances.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.