John James
John James
compel destroy few force fresh lay nature regularly robbing sat until
The eggers destroy all the eggs that are sat upon, to force the birds to lay fresh eggs, and by robbing them regularly compel them to lay until nature is exhausted, and so but few young ones are raised.
crow distance great possess power recognise shot
The Carrion Crow and Turkey-Buzzard possess great power of recollection, so as to recognise at a great distance a person who has shot at them, and even the horse on which he rides.
happiness acquisition environment
Happiness is an endowment and not an acquisition. It depends more upon temperament and disposition than environment.
political golden campaigns
The golden rule has no place in a political campaign.
sleep fate opportunity
I knock unbidden once at every gate-- If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before I turn away--it is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death, but those who doubt of hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury and woe, Seek me in vain and uselessly implore, I answer not, and I return no more.
kings home fate
I think some orator commenting upon that fate said that though the winds of heaven might whistle around an Englishman's cottage, the King of England could not.
dream iridescent purification
The purification of politics is an iridescent dream.
stars difficulty ads
Ad astra per aspera. Translated: "to the stars through difficulties".
men circles can-not
Every man is the center of a circle, whose fatal circumference he can not pass.
nature flower sea
Grass is the forgiveness of nature - her constant benediction. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal...Its tenacious fibers hold the earth in place and prevent its soluble components from washing to the wasting sea.
answers return
I answer not, and I return no more.
men two massachusetts
Pennsylvania, the state that has produced two great men: Benjamin Franklin of Massachusetts, and Albert Gallatin of Switzerland.
two three tides
Delaware: a state that has three counties when the tide is out, and two when it is in.
equality men democracy
In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.