Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in which are incarnated the living thoughts and ideas of the passing age.

Not in purity or in holiness merely, for in Paradise man was holy, and he shall be holy when redeemed through the sacrifice of Christ and made an heir of heaven.

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.

Washington and the elder Napoleon. Both were brave men; both were true men; both loved their country and dared to expose their lives for their country's cause.

If you live for fame, men may turn against you.

Angels are spirits, flames of fire; they are higher than man, they have wider connections.