I am as a weed Flung from the rock, on ocean's foam to sail Where'er the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail. (Byron. "Childe Harold," Canto III.) Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. (Lord Chesterfield. 1694-1773. Letter, March 10, 1746.) Style is the dress of thoughts. (Ibid.) Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered. (Daniel Webster. 1782-1852. Address in laying the corner-stone of Bunker Hill Monument, 1825.) Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. (Ibid.) God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it. (Daniel Webster. Speech, June 3, 1834.) There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. (Daniel Webster. Argument on the murder of Captain White. Vol. VI, p. 68.) SUGGESTIONS. Classify the quotations under the following heads: Wit, Wisdom, Philosophy, Patriotism, Morality, Religion, Education, Pluck; and then, if there are any that cannot be put under any of the foregoing heads, make a miscellaneous class. Then, after you have made the above classification, take those under the head of Wit and select four quotations that, in your judgment, are the wittiest, and state why you think them the wittiest. Take those under the head of Wisdom and select three that, in your judg ment, contain the highest wisdom. Then take the remaining classes and treat them in the same way. |