“Manhood had come to him, both in character and demeanour, not as it comes to most young lads, an eagerly-desired and presumptuously-asserted claim, but as a rightful inheritance, to be received hum...”

“The sheriff listened uneasily to a sound, very uncommon at elections, of the populace expressing an opinion contrary to that of the lord of the soil.”

“The lad, like many another, owed nothing to his father but his mere existenceHeaven knows whether that gift is oftenest a curse or a boon.”

“The lad, like many another, owed nothing to his father but his mere existence—Heaven knows whether that gift is oftenest a curse or a boon.”

“Its so unrewarding, being a woman.”

“Always being there was the essential secret for a wife.”

“It’s so unrewarding, being a woman.”

“One love, one heart . . .Lets get together and feel all right”

“And in the case of superior things like stars, we discover a kind of unity in separation. The higher we rise on the scale of being, the easier it is to discern a connection even among things separa...”

“It strikes me as unChristian that we often have more charitable attitudes toward ideological allies than we do toward brothers and sisters in Christ with whom we disagree on matters of politics.”