"All thoughts that mould the age begin Deep down within the primitive soul."

"It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in s…"

"New times demand new measures and new men; The world advances, and in time outgrows The laws which in our father's ti…"

"From lower to the higher next, Not to the top, is Nature’s text; And embryo Good, to reach full stature, Absorbs the …"

"They came three thousand miles, and died, To keep the Past upon its throne; Unheard, beyond the ocean tide, Their Eng…"

"There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates."

"It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a man is tested."

"The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers, is that which is woven of conviction and set with…"

"When I was a beggarly boy, And lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend nor a toy, But I had Aladdin's lamp."

"The capacity of indignation makes an essential part of the outfit of every honest man."