There Can Be No Merit

Savages Have Often Been Likened To Children, And The Comparison Is Not Only Correct But Also Highly Instructive. Many Naturalists Consider That The Early Condition Of The Individual Indicates That Of The Race,-that The Best Test Of The Affinities Of A Species Are The Stages Through Which It Passes. So Also It Is In The Case Of Man; The Life Of Each Individual Is An Epitome Of The History Of The Race, And The Gradual Development Of The Child Illustrates That Of The Species.

We May Sit In Our Library And Yet Be In All Quarters Of The Earth.

Here Are The Three Great Questions Which In Life We Have Over And Over Again To Answer: Is It Right Or Wrong? Is It True Or False? Is It Beautiful Or Ugly? Our Education Ought To Help Us To Answer These Questions.

Many Savage Nations Worship Trees, And I Really Think My First Feeling Would Be One Of Delight And Interest Rather Than Of Surprise, If Some Day When I Am Alone In The Woods One Of The Trees Were To Speak To Me.

If You Have The Least Doubt About It, Do Not Marry.