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A Vice Sanctioned By The General Opinion Is Merely A Vice. The Evil Terminates In Itself. A Vice Condemned By The General Opinion Produces A Pernicious Effect On The Whole Character. The Former Is A Local Malady; The Latter, Constitutional Taint. When The Reputation Of The Offender Is Lost, He Too Often Flings The Remainder Of His Virtue After It In Despair.

What Proposition Is There Respecting Human Nature Which Is Absolutely And Universally True? We Know Of Only One,--and That Is Not Only True, But Identical,--that Men Always Act From Self-interest.

A Single Breaker May Recede; But The Tide Is Evidently Coming In.

The Effect Of Violent Dislike Between Groups Has Always Created An Indifference To The Welfare And Honor Of The State.

The Business Of Everybody Is The Business Of Nobody.