Democracy is morose, and runs to anarchy, but in the state, and in the schools, it is indispensable to resist the consolidation ofall men into a few men.

London is the epitome of our times, and the Rome of to-day.

Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks he is free.

The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since there must be a decision, decides as he can, and hopes he has done justice and given satisfaction to the community

You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity.

The Americans have many virtues, but they have not Faith and Hope. I know no two words whose meaning is more lost sight of.

In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.