The Heroic Hours Of Life

In The End The Great Truth Will Have Been Learned That The Quest Is Greater Than What Is Sought, The Effort Finer That The Prize (or Rather, That The Effort Is The Prize), The Victory Cheap And Hollow Were It Not For The Rigor Of The Game.

In Truth, I Am Nothing But A Plodding Mediocrity — Please Observe, A Plodding Mediocrity — For A Mere Mediocrity Does Not Go Very Far, But A Plodding One Gets Quite A Distance. There Is Joy In That Success, And A Distinction Can Come From Courage, Fidelity And Industry.

The Final Cause Of Law Is The Welfare Of Society.

Danger Invites Rescue. ... The Wrongdoer May Not Have Foreseen The Coming Of A Deliverer. He Is Accountable As If He Had.

More Truly Characteristic Of Dissent Is A Dignity, An Elevation, Of Mood And Thought And Phrase. Deep Conviction And Warm Feeling Are Saying Their Last Say With Knowledge That The Cause Is Lost. The Voice Of The Majority May Be That Of Force Triumphant, Content With The Plaudits Of The Hour, And Recking Little Of The Morrow. The Dissenter Speaks To The Future, And His Voice Is Pitched To A Key That Will Carry Through The Years.