I Do Detest All Offices - All,

Trusting No Man As His Friend, He Could Not Recognize His Enemy When The Latter Actually Appeared.

The Evening Before My Departure For Blithedale, I Was Returning To My Bachelor-apartments, After Attending The Wonderful Exhibition Of The Veiled Lady, When An Elderly-man Of Rather Shabby Appearance Met Me In An Obscure Part Of The Street.

I Wonder That We Americans Love Our Country At All, It Having No Limits And No Oneness; And When You Try To Make It A Matter Of The Heart, Everything Falls Away Except One's Native State; -neither Can You Seize Hold Of That, Unless You Tear It Out Of The Union, Bleeding And Quivering.

Salt Is White And Pure - There Is Something Holy In Salt.

The Calmer Thought Is Not Always The Right Thought, Just As The Distant View Is Not Always The Truest View