Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving the state.

We shall see our friends again. We can lay them in the grave; we know they are safe with God.

Human nature is the same now as when Adam hid from the presence of God; the consciousness of wrong makes us unwilling to meet those whom we have offended.

Mr. Lincoln's elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that merit, wherever it exists, has the opportunity to be known.

Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving the state.

If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man.

I do not purpose to discuss faith in its dogmatic sense today.