In Italy, on the breaking up of the Roman Empire, society might be said to be resolved into its original elements, – into hostile atoms, whose only movement was that of mutual repulsion.

Let a nation’s fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and sufferings of those who survive.

God bless the Union; – it is dearer to us for the blood of brave men which has been shed in its defence.

A great character, founded on the living rock of principle, is a dispensation of Providence, designed to have not merely an immediate, but a continuous, progressive, and never-ending agency. It survives the man who possessed it . . .

Although General Lee broke up from Fredericksburg on the 3d of June, it was not till the 24th that the main body of his army entered Maryland.

In this critical and anxious state of affairs General Hooker was relieved, and General Meade was summoned to the chief command of the army.

I should be glad, if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion in two hours, as you did in two minutes.

If this boy passes the examinations he will be admitted; and if the white students choose to withdraw, all the income of the college will be devoted to his education

I am only one but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something.

Agriculture seems to be the first pursuit of civilized man. It enables him to escape from the life of the savage, and wandering shepherd, into that of social man, gathered into fixed communities and surrounding himself with the comforts and blessings of neighborhood, country, and home. It is agriculture alone, that fixes men in stationary dwellings, in villages, in towns, and cities, and enables the work of civilizations, in all its branches, to go on.