She is the best inheritance from the world that was. She is the matrix of the world to come.
In proportion as men look up to her they grow unafraid and wise. When they look down on her, as they treat her with contempt or indifference, they become weak and cruel.
She is not the champion of religious doctrine; she is the incarnation of the religious instinct.
She is the ladder by the brook where man dreams; she reaches to heaven; upon the rungs of her soul angels ascend and descend.
NO
No is next to the shortest word in the English language.
It is the concentrated Declaration of Independence of the human soul.
It is the central citadel of character, and can remain impregnable forever.
It is the only path to reformation.
It is the steam-gauge of strength, the barometer of temperament, the electric indicator of moral force.