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New York Is Essentially National In Interest, Position, Pursuits. No One Thinks Of The Place As Belonging To A Particular State, But To The United States.

Aristocracy: A Combination Of Many Powerful Men, For The Purpose Of Maintaining Their Own Particular Interests. It Is Consequently A Concentration Of All The Most Effective Parts Of A Community For A Given End, Hence Its Energy, Efficiency And Success.

America Owes Most Of Its Social Prejudices To The Exaggerated Religious Opinions Of The Different Sects Which Were So Instrumental In Establishing The Colonies.

Advice Is Not A Gift, But A Debt That The Old Owe To The Young.

How Easy It Is For Generous Sentiments, High Courtesy, And Chivalrous Courage To Lose Their Influence Beneath The Chilling Blight Of Selfishness, And To Exhibit To The World A Man Who Was Great In All The Minor Attributes Of Character, But Who Was Found Wanting When It Became Necessary To Prove How Much Principle Is Superior To Policy.