I do not speak with any fondness but the language of coolest history, when I say that Boston commands attention as the town whichwas appointed in the destiny of nations to lead the civilization of North America.

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.

Our knowledge is the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds.

Our condition as men is risky and ticklish enough. One can not be sure of himself and his fortune an hour, but he may be whisked off into some pitiable or ridiculous plight.

Nature may be as selfishly studied as trade. Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology; psychology, mesmerism (with intent to show where aour spoons are gone); and anatomy and physiology become phrenology and palmistry.

The solitary knows the essence of the thought, the scholar in society only its fair face.

Oh, be my friend, and teach me to be thine!