THE CONSTITUTION OF A STATE.

“What constitutes a state?

Not high-raised battlement or labored mound,

Thick wall or moated gate;

Not cities fair, with spires and turrets crowned:

No:—Men, high-minded men,

With powers as far above dull brutes endued,

In forest, brake, or den,

As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude—

Men who their duties know,