In like manner the effect of every action is measured by the depth of the sentiment from which it proceeds. The great man knew not that he was great. It took a century or two for that fact to appear. What he did, he did, he did because he must; it was the most natural thing in the world, and grew out of the circumstances of the moment.

Real action is in silent moments.

The simplest words,--we do not know what they mean except when we love and aspire.

Is the acorn better than the oak which is its fullness and completion?

The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering Trade.

The sign and credentials of the poet are that he announces that which no man foretold

Who are the farmer's servants? ... Geology and Chemistry, the quarry of the air, the water of the brook, the lightning of the cloud, the castings of the worm, the plough of the frost.