When The Panting And Thirsting Soul First

Had I The Power, I Would Scatter Libraries Over The Whole Land As The Sower Sows His Wheatfield.

Just In Proportion As A Man Becomes Good, Divine, Christ-like, He Passes Out Of The Region Of Theorizing, Of System-building, And Hireling Service, Into The Region Of Beneficent Activities. It Is Well To Think Well. It Is Divine To Act Well.

Under The Sublime Law Of Progress, The Present Outgrows The Past. The Great Heart Of Humanity Is Heaving With The Hopes Of A Brighter Day. All The Higher Instincts Of Our Nature Prophesy Its Approach; And The Best Intellects Of The Race Are Struggling To Turn That Prophecy Into Fulfilment.

We Who Are Engaged In The Sacred Cause Of Education Are Entitled To Look Upon All Parents As Having Given Hostages To Our Cause.

Enslave A Man And You Destroy His Ambition, His Enterprise, His Capacity. In The Constitution Of Human Nature, The Desire Of Bettering One's Condition Is The Mainspring Of Effort. The First Touch Of Slavery Snaps This Spring.