But wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten words again to visible things; so that picturesque language is at once a commanding certificate that he who employs it, is a man in alliance with truth and God.
The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into a new land.
A man in pursuit of greatness feels no little wants.
Self trust is the essence of heroism.
A Gothic cathedral affirms that it was done by us and not done by us.
Where is he who seeing a thousand men useless and unhappy, and making the whole region forlorn by their inaction, and conscious himself of possessing the faculty they want, does not hear his call to go and be their king?