If Any Of My Men Kill Prisoners,

The President Of The United States Should Strive To Be Always Mindful Of The Fact That He Serves His Party Best Who Serves His Country Best.

The Reform [of The Civil Service] Should Be Thorough, Radical, And Complete.

How Strange A Scene Is This In Which We Are Such Shifting Figures, Pictures, Shadows. The Mystery Of Our Existence--i Have No Faith In Any Attempted Explanation Of It. It Is All A Dark, Unfathomed Profound.

The Gloomy Theology Of The Orthodox--the Calvinists--i Do Not, I Cannot Believe. Many Of The Notions--nay, Most Of The Notions--which Orthodox People Have Of The Divinity Of The Bible, I Disbelieve. I Am So Nearly Infidel In All My Views, That Too, In Spite Of My Wishes, That None But The Most Liberal Doctrines Can Command My Assent.

The Most Noticeable Weakness Of Congressmen Is Their Timidity. They Fear The Use To Be Made Of Their "record." They Are Afraid Ofmaking Enemies. They Do Not Vote According To Their Convictions From Fear Of Consequences.