Wherever literature consoles sorrow or assuages pain; wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with wakefulness and tears, and ache for the dark house and the long sleep,-there is exhibited in its noblest form the immortal influence of Athens.

Free trade, one of the greatest blessings which a government can confer on a people, is in almost every country unpopular.

We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age.

That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.