Christianity is a battle, not a dream.
The slowest of us cannot but admit that the world moves.
Political convulsions, like geological upheavings usher in new epochs of the world's progress.
The republic which sinks to sleep, trusting to constitutions and machinery, to politicians and statesmen, for the safety of its liberties, never will have any.
The heart beats louder and the soul hears quicker in silence and solitude.
You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.