Hence, the less government we have, the better,--the fewer laws, and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formalGovernment, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual; the appearance of the principal to supersede the proxy; the appearance of the wise man, of whom the existing government, is, it must be owned, but a shabby imitation.

We may be partial, but Fate is not.

I am ready to die out of nature, and be born again into this new yet unapproachable America I have found in the West.

Everything in nature goes by law, and not by luck.

We surround ourselves with the true image of ourselves.

Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified.

Wise men read very sharply all your private history in your look and gait and behavior. The whole economy of nature is bent on expression. The tell-tale body is all tongues. Men are like Geneva watches with crystal faces which expose the whole movement.