And as to me, I know nothing else but miracles

Long enough have you dream'd contemptible dreams, Now I wash the gum from your eyes, You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us.

From this hour, freedom! Going where I like, my own master.