"Thanks that I can say I have never killed a bird. I would not crush the meanest insect which crawls upon the ground. …"

"One man talks continually about the particular actions of this or another neighbor; whilst another looks beyond the a…"

"No judgment can be just or wise, but that which is built on the conviction of the paramount worth and importance of d…"

"Another powerful principle of our nature, which is the spring of war, is the passion for superiority, for triumph, fo…"

"We need not war to awaken human energy. There is at least equal scope for courage and magnanimity in blessing, as in …"

"Government, the peace-officer at home, breathes war abroad, organizes it into a science, reduces it to a system, make…"

"Undoubtedly some men are more gifted than others, and are marked out for more studious lives. But the work of such me…"

"The influence of war on the community at large, on its prosperity, its morals, and its political institutions, though…"

"One of the great springs of war may be found in a very strong and general propensity of human nature, in the love of …"

"Whatever you may suffer, speak the truth. Be worthy of the entire confidence of your associates. Consider what is rig…"