The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country.
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.
