My Spirit Will Sleep In Peace; Or

A Lofty Sense Of Independence Is, In Man, The Best Privilege Of His Nature.

At The Age Of Twenty Six I Am In The Condition Of An Aged Person - All My Old Friends Are Gone... & My Heart Fails When I Think By How Few Ties I Hold To The World.

I Also Became A Poet, And For One Year Lived In A Paradise Of My Own Creation; I Imagined That I Also Might Obtain A Niche In The Temple Where The Names Of Homer And Shakespeare Are Consecrated.

Marriage Is Usually Considered The Grave, And Not The Cradle Of Love.

None But Those Who Have Experienced Them Can Conceive Of The Enticements Of Science.