Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade,
Where rumor of oppression and deceit,
Might never reach me more! my ear is pain'd,
My soul is sick, with every day's report
Of wrong and outrage, with which earth is fill'd.
--_Cowper._
1811
_Something._--To do something, however small, to make others happier and
better, is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can
inspire a human being.
--_Lord Avebury._
1812