Virtue is an angel; but she is a blind one, and must ask of Knowledge to
show her the pathway that leads to her goal. Mere knowledge, on the
other hand, like a Swiss mercenary, is ready to combat either in the
ranks of sin or under the banners of righteousness,--ready to forge
cannon-balls or to print New Testaments, to navigate a corsair's vessel
or a missionary ship.--_Horace Mann._
~Vulgarity.~--The vulgarity of inanimate things requires time to get
accustomed to; but living, breathing, bustling, plotting, planning,
human vulgarity is a species of moral ipecacuanha, enough to destroy any
comfort.--_Carlyle._