Faith in the hereafter is as necessary for the intellectual as the moral character; and to the man of letters, as well as to the Christian, the present forms but the slightest portion of his existence.

Among the poor, the approach of dissolution is usually regarded with a quiet and natural composure, which it is consolatory to contemplate, and which is as far removed from the dead palsy of unbelief as it is from the delirious raptures of fanaticism. Theirs is a true, unhesitating faith, and they are willing to lay down the burden of e weary life, in the sure and certain hope of a blessed immortality.

Mild arch of promise! on the evening sky Thou shinest fair with many a lovely ray, Each in the other melting.

The march of intellect is proceeding at quick time; and if its progress be not accompanied by a corresponding improvement in morals and religion, the faster it proceeds, with the more violence will you be hurried down the road to ruin.

What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?

Take away love, and not physical nature only, but the heart of the moral world, would be palsied.

For society, of all places I have ever been, Norwich is the best.