But the moment you turn a corner you see another straight stretch ahead and there comes some further challenge to your ambition.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the center of each and every town or city.

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.

To us who remain behind is left this day of memories. Every year--in the full tide of spring, at the height of the symphony of flowers and love and life--there comes a pause, and through the silence we hear the lonely pipe of death.

Any new formula which suddenly emerges in our consciousness has its roots in long trains of thought; it is virtually old when it first makes its appearance among the recognized growths of our intellect.

Lawyers spend their professional careers shoveling smoke.