I Have Been Taking My Daily Walk

Assuredly Of All Earthly Conditions Uncertainty Is The Most Unblest.

I Am Persuaded That We Are All Surrounded By An Atmosphere - A Separate, Sensitive, Distinct Envelope Extending Some Distance From Our Visible Persons - And Whenever My Invisible Atmosphere Is Invaded, It Affects My Whole Nervous System. The Proximity Of Any Bodies But Those I Love Best Is Unendurable To My Body.

The Plodding Thrift And Scrupulous Integrity And Long-winded Patient Industry Of Our Business Men Of The Last Century Are Out Of Fashion In These "giddy-paced" Times, And England Is Forgetting That Those Who Make Haste To Be Rich Can Hardly Avoid Much Temptation And Some Sin.

...i Cannot Help Being Astonished At The Furious And Ungoverned Execration Which All Reference To The Possibility Of A Fusion Of The Races Draws Down Upon Those Who Suggest It, Because Nobody Pretends To Deny That, Throughout The South, A Large Proportion Of The Population Is The Offspring Of White Men And Colored Women.

... It's Always Determined Characters Who Make The Greatest Fools.