Poetry is the utterance of truth — deep, heartfelt truth. The true poet is very near the oracle. - Edwin Hubbell Chapin

Through all God's works there runs a beautiful harmony. The remotest truth in his universe is linked to that which lies nearest the throne.

There is no tariff so injurious as that with which sectarian bigotry guards its commodities. It dwarfs the soul by shutting out truths from other continents of thought, and checks the circulation of its own.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seamed with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation-robes glittering with fire; and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gate of heaven.