The commonest error made in relation to poetry is that it consists simply in verse-making. Many confound the casket of meter and rhyme with the jewel of thought which it encloses, and, perhaps, in some instances, after close investigation, they have found the casket empty and turned away with feelings of disappointment and disgust.
Orson F. WhitneyThere is nothing so important, so imperative, as the delivery of the divine message that has been entrusted to us.
Orson F. WhitneyWe cannot judge fully of men's works by what we see, or what is said and thought of them; for man is prone to depreciate that which is really important, and to exact and extol what is trivial and of little worth. Many things which are hidden and unrecognized of human wisdom are nevertheless valuable and vitally important.
Orson F. WhitneyThe fetters of tyranny were not stricken from America for the sake of Americans alone.
Orson F. Whitney