The seeking for truth is better than its loveless possession. - John Lancaster Spalding

Say not thou lackest talent. What talent had any of the greatest, but passionate faith in the efficacy of work?

To view an object in the proper light we must stand away from it. The study of the classical literatures gives the aloofness which cultivates insight. In learning to live with peoples and civilizations that have long ceased to be alive, we gain a vantage point, acquire an enlargement and elevation of thought, which enable us to study with a more impartial and liberal mind the condition of the society around us.

If ancient descent could confer nobility, the lower forms of life would possess it in a greater degree than man.