But also the constituency determines the vote of the representative. He is not only representative, but participant. Like can onlybe known by like. The reason why he knows about them is, that he is of them; he has just come out of nature, or from being a part of the thing.

Nature is upheld by antagonism. Passions, resistance, danger, are educators. We acquire the strength we have overcome.

The soul circumscribes all things.

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but, until they speak to the imagination, not yet beautiful.

The whole value of the dime is in knowing what to do with it.

Henceforth, please God, forever I forego the yolk of men's opinions. I will be light-hearted as a bird and live with God. I find him in the bottom of my heart, and I hear continually his voice therein.

We must leave our pets at home, when we go into the street, and meet men on broad grounds of good meaning and good sense.