Every man is a volume, if you know how to read him. Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the communion with superior minds... In the best books, authors talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books. To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth out not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth. Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do. Error is discipline through which we advance. Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do. The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance. | 
