Word it as softly as you please, the spirit of patriotism is the spirit of the dog and wolf. The moment there is a misunderstanding about a boundary line or a hamper of fish or some other squalid matter, see patriotism rise, and hear him split the universe with is war-whoop. The spirit of patriotism being in its nature jealous and selfish, is just in man's line, it comes natural to him - he can live up to all its requirements to the letter; but the spirit of Christianity is not in its entirety possible to him.

Children and fools always speak the truth

Pessimist: The optimist who didn't arrive.

A few fly bites cannot stop a spirited horse.

We all do no end of feeling, and we mistake it for thinking. And out of it we get an aggregation which we consider a boon. Its name is public opinion. It is held in reverence. Some think it the voice of God.

We like to read about rich people in the newspapers; the papers know it, and they do their best to keep this appetite liberally fed.

Thanksgiving day. Let us all give humble, hearty, and sincere thanks now, but the turkeys.