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aspirant to full and free expression of himself in thought and action.

The law of compromise leads to no deceit. It is the self-protecting garment of society, worn at home and abroad; it is not the abandonment of a principle, but the waiting until the arrow can go straight to the mark.


"The sun set; but set not his hope: Stars rose; his faith was earlier up: Fixed on the enormous galaxy, Deeper and older seemed his eye: And matched his sufferance sublime The taciturnity of time."


Indefiniteness belongs to youth. With growing years come definiteness and fixedness; with middle life, wisdom and tenderness. The earlier qualities lose their sharp angles, though their centre remains more deeply buried than ever in intent. Fanaticism ceases, enthusiasm grows, help is rendered to all, not to one. Still the struggle between heredity and present

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