Then might I exemplify how an influence beyond our control lays its strong hand on every deed which we do, and weaves its consequences into an iron t… - Nathaniel Hawthorne

As far as my experience goes, men of genius are fairly gifted with the social qualities; and in this age, there appears to be a fellow-feeling among them, which had not heretofore been developed. As men, they ask nothing better than to be on equal terms with their fellow-men; and as authors, they have thrown aside their proverbial jealousy, and acknowledge a generous brotherhood.

Times change, and people change; and if our hearts do not change as readily, so much the worse for us.

Shall we not spend our immortal life together? Surely, surely, we have ransomed one another, with all this woe!