It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

Speech, Jan. 24, 1860.

The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity.

Speech, Nov. 25, 1864.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world.

Speech, May, 1865.

I see before me the statue of a celebrated minister,[607:4] who said that confidence was a plant of slow growth. But I believe, however gradual may be the growth of confidence, that of credit requires still more time to arrive at maturity.

Speech, Nov. 9, 1867.

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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.