Soul Gathers Force It is possible, when the future is dim, when our depressed faculties can form no bright ideas of the perfection and happiness of a better world,-it is possible still to cling to the conviction of God's merciful purpose towards His creatures, of His parental goodness even in suffering, still to feel that the path of duty, though trodden with a heavy heart, leads to peace.

To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably.

In the long run, truth is aided by nothing so much as by opposition.

It has often been observed, that those who have the most time at their disposal profit by it the least. A single hour a day, steadily given to the study of some interesting subject, brings unexpected accumulations of knowledge.

The hills are reared, the seas are scooped in vain If learning's altar vanish from the plain.

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

The only freedom worth possessing is that which gives enlargement to a people's energy, intellect, and virtues.