Sitting by the chimney corner as we grow old, the commonest things around us take on live meanings and hint at the difference between these driving times and the calm, slow moving days when we were young.

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War may be an armed angel with a mission, but she has the personal habits...

War may be an armed angel with a mission, but she has the personal habits...

Our village was built on the Ohio River, and was a halting place on this...

Our village was built on the Ohio River, and was a halting place on this...

Crime, to the man of the forties, was an alien monstrous terror.

Crime, to the man of the forties, was an alien monstrous terror.

It has happened to me to meet many of the men of my day whom...

It has happened to me to meet many of the men of my day whom...

The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.

The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.

It is a good rule never to see or talk to the man whose words...

It is a good rule never to see or talk to the man whose words...

We have grown used to money. The handling, the increase of it, is the chief...

We have grown used to money. The handling, the increase of it, is the chief...

TO preach a sermon or edit a newspaper were the two things in life which...

TO preach a sermon or edit a newspaper were the two things in life which...

America may have great poets and novelists, but she never will have more than one...

America may have great poets and novelists, but she never will have more than one...

You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost...

You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost...

Every child was taught from his cradle that money was Mammon, the chief agent of...

Every child was taught from his cradle that money was Mammon, the chief agent of...

It was part of your religion to hate the British.

It was part of your religion to hate the British.

We don't often look into these unpleasant details of our great struggle. We all prefer...

We don't often look into these unpleasant details of our great struggle. We all prefer...

Reform is born of need, not pity.

Reform is born of need, not pity.

The only hero known to my childhood was Henry Clay.

The only hero known to my childhood was Henry Clay.

For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us...

For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us...

I went to Concord, a young woman from the backwoods, firm in belief that Emerson...

I went to Concord, a young woman from the backwoods, firm in belief that Emerson...

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity,...

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity,...

But, after all, we are a young nation, and vanity is a fault of youth.

But, after all, we are a young nation, and vanity is a fault of youth.

The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general...

The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general...