Tracing the progress of mankind in the ascending path of civilization, and moral and intellectual culture, our fathers found that the divine ordinance of government, in every stage of the ascent, was adjustable on principles of common reason to the… — William M. Evarts Copy Share Image
The world can absorb only doses of truth... too much would kill it. — William M. Evarts Copy Share Image
It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the world to… — William M. Evarts Copy Share Image
Truth is to the moral world what gravitation is to the material. — William M. Evarts Copy Share Image
The dignity of the act is the deliberate, circumspect, open, and serene performance by these men in the clear light of day, and by… — William M. Evarts Copy Share Image
Tracing the progress of mankind in the ascending path of civilization, and moral and intellectual culture, our fathers found that the divine ordinance of… — William M. Evarts Copy Share Image
The pious ones of Plymouth who, reaching the Rock, first fell upon their own knees and then upon the aborigines. — William M. Evarts Copy Share Image