I am glad to find a man who can go ahead without me.

_TWELFTH_

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him you are his

sincere friend.

_THIRTEENTH_

Gold is good in its place; but living, brave, and patriotic men are

better than gold.

_FOURTEENTH_

These are not the days of miracles, and I suppose I am not to expect a

direct revelation.

_FIFTEENTH_

Do not mix politics with your profession.

_SIXTEENTH_

The first reformer in any movement has to meet with such a hard

opposition, and gets so battered and bespattered, that afterward, when

people find they have to accept his reform, they will accept it more

easily from another man.

_SEVENTEENTH_

Versatility is an injurious possession, since it can never be

greatness.

_EIGHTEENTH_

A jury has too frequently at least one member more ready to hang the

panel than to hang the traitor.

_NINETEENTH_

It is a cheering thought throughout life, that something can be done

to ameliorate the condition of those who have been subjected to the

hard usages of the world.

_TWENTIETH_

With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases

with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others the same

word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and

the product of other men's labor.

_TWENTY-FIRST_

Great distance in either time or space has wonderful power to lull and

render quiescent the human mind.

_TWENTY-SECOND_

We are going through with our task.

_TWENTY-THIRD_

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