The Progress Of Society Is Mainly The

No Man, However Benevolent, Liberal, And Wise, Can Use A Large Fortune So That It Will Do Half As Much Good In The World As It Would If It Were Divided Into Moderate Sums And In The Hands Of Workmen Who Had Earned It By Industry And Frugality. The Piling Up Of Estates Often Does Great And Conspicuous Good.... But No Man Does With Accumulated Wealth So Much Good As The Same Amount Would Do In Many Hands.

Nothing Brings Out The Lower Traits Of Human Nature Like Office-seeking. Men Of Good Character And Impulses Are Betrayed By It Into All Sorts Of Meanness.

In The Great And Deep Qualities Of Mind, Heart, And Soul, There Is No Change. Homer And Solomon Speak To The Same Nature In Man That Is Reached By Shakespeare And Lincoln. But In The Accidents, The Surroundings, The Change Is Vast. All Things Now Are Mobile--movable.

The Truth Is, This Being Errand Boy To One Hundred And Fifty Thousand People Tires Me So By Night I Am Ready For Bed Instead Of Soirees.

My Policy Is Trust Peace And To Put Aside The Bayonet.