When griefs are genuine, I find, there is nothing more vacuous, more burdensome, or even more impertinent, than letters of consola...tion.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
How do we know, then, when a code's been cracked? ... when we are right? ... when do we know if we have even received a message? W...hy, naturally, when, upon one set of substitutions, sense emerges like the outline under a rubbing; when a single tentative construal leads to several; when all the sullen letters of the code cry TEAM! after YEA! has been, by several hands, uncovered.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A hunger seized my heart; I read Of that glad year which once had been,... In those fallen leaves which kept their green, The noble letters of the dead.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Opinions are not to be learned by rote, like the letters of an alphabet, or the words of a dictionary. They are conclusions to be ...formed, and formed by each individual in the sacred and free citadel of the mind, and there enshrined beyond the arm of law to reach, or force to shake; ay! and beyond the right of impertinent curiosity to violate, or presumptuous arrogance to threaten.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
How dare I read Washington's campaigns, when I have not answered the letters of my own correspondents? Is not that a just objectio...n to much of our reading? It is a pusillanimous desertion of our work to gaze after our neighbours. It is peeping.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
After the planet becomes theirs, many millions of years will have to pass before a beetle particularly loved by God, at the end of... its calculations will find written on a sheet of paper in letters of fire that energy is equal to the mass multiplied by the square of the velocity of light. The new kings of the world will live tranquilly for a long time, confining themselves to devouring each other and being parasites among each other on a cottage industry scale.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Coming in, I was denounced as a fraud by all the extreme men of the opposing party, and as an ingrate and a traitor by the same cl...ass of men in my own party. Going out, I have the good will, blessings, and approval of the best people of all parties and sections.... I had a strong and comforting faith that I should be able to organize and conduct an Administration which would satisfy and win the country. This faith never deserted me. I had it before either the election or the nomination. Doubtless it was founded on my experience. I have often said that I never fail to gain the confidence and friendship of those I wish to win, if I have time and an opportunity to do so.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »