12. But the third sister, who is also the youngest—Hush! whisper whilst we talk of her!—De Quincey.
13. But after all what religion knits people so closely as a common sport?—Stevenson.
14. Shut now the volume of history and tell me, on any principle of human probability, what shall be the fate of this handful of adventurers?—Everett.
15. The self-made man is the funniest windbag after all!—Stevenson.
16. There! if the trout has a right to his grasshopper, have I not a right to the trout!—Beecher.
17. Let us trace a river to its source.—Tyndall.
18. Go face the fire at sea, or the cholera in your friend’s house, or the burglar in your own, or what danger lies in the way of duty, knowing you are guarded by the cherubim of Destiny.—Emerson.
19. Oh, child of France! shepherdess, peasant girl! trodden under foot by all around thee, how I honor thy flashing intellect, quick as God’s lightning and true as God’s lightning to its mark, that ran before France and laggard Europe by many a century, confounding the malice of the ensnarer, and making dumb the oracles of falsehood!—De Quincey.
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Who could guess