I DO not count the hours I spend In wandering by the sea; The forest is my loyal friend, Like God it useth me.

The religion which is to guide and fulfill the present and coming ages, whatever else it be, must be intellectual. The scientific mind must have a faith which is science.

Power is in nature the essential measure of right.

The universal does not attract us until housed in an individual.

A little consideration of what takes place around us every day would show us that a higher law than that of our will regulates events; that our painful labors are unnecessary and fruitless; that only in our easy, simple, spontaneous action are we strong . . . . Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which animates all whom it floats, and you are without effort impelled to truth, to right, and a perfect contentment.

With most men, scarce a link of memory holds yesterday and to-day together.

Therefore is nature ever the ally of Religion: lends her all her pomp and riches to the religious sentiment.