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James F. Cooper quotes: When men struggle for the single life God has given them ... even their own kind seem no more than the beasts of the wood.

When men struggle for the single life God has given them ... even their own kind seem no more than the beasts of the wood.

James F. Cooper quotes: No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.

No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.

James F. Cooper quotes: Hebrews . This book is much superior to most of the writings attributed to St. Paul, though passages in the other books are very admirable.

Hebrews . This book is much superior to most of the writings attributed to St. Paul, though passages in the other books are very admirable.

James F. Cooper quotes: Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions.

Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions.

James F. Cooper quotes: The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.

James F. Cooper quotes: It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil.

It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil.

James F. Cooper quotes: There is a destiny in war, to which a brave man knows how to submit with the same courage that he faces his foes.

There is a destiny in war, to which a brave man knows how to submit with the same courage that he faces his foes.

James F. Cooper quotes: There are evils worse than death,

There are evils worse than death,

James F. Cooper quotes: The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.

James F. Cooper quotes: It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny.

It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny.

James F. Cooper quotes: Contact with the affairs of state is one of the most corrupting of the influences to which men are exposed.

Contact with the affairs of state is one of the most corrupting of the influences to which men are exposed.

James F. Cooper quotes: The sight of a coward's blood can never make a warrior tremble.

The sight of a coward's blood can never make a warrior tremble.

James F. Cooper quotes: Apathy is the great requisite for the station; for woe betide the wretch who fancies any modicum of zeal.

Apathy is the great requisite for the station; for woe betide the wretch who fancies any modicum of zeal.

James F. Cooper quotes: Everybody says it, and what everybody says must be true.

Everybody says it, and what everybody says must be true.

James F. Cooper quotes: Should we distrust the man because his manners are not our manners, and that his skin is dark?

Should we distrust the man because his manners are not our manners, and that his skin is dark?

James F. Cooper quotes: No star seemed less than what science has taught us that it is.

No star seemed less than what science has taught us that it is.

James F. Cooper quotes: These families, you know, are our upper crust, not upper ten thousand.

These families, you know, are our upper crust, not upper ten thousand.

James F. Cooper quotes: The ability to discriminate between that which is true and that which is false is one of the last attainments of the human mind.

The ability to discriminate between that which is true and that which is false is one of the last attainments of the human mind.

James F. Cooper quotes: A soul,a spark of the never-dying flame that separates man from all the other beings of earth.

A soul,
a spark of the never-dying flame that separates man from all the other beings of earth.

James F. Cooper quotes: Some changes of language are to be regretted, as they lead to false inferences, and society is always a loser by mistaking names for things.

Some changes of language are to be regretted, as they lead to false inferences, and society is always a loser by mistaking names for things.

James F. Cooper quotes: It is seldom men think of death in the pride of their health and strength.

It is seldom men think of death in the pride of their health and strength.

James F. Cooper quotes: I do not pretend that all that white men do is properly Christianized ...

I do not pretend that all that white men do is properly Christianized ...

James F. Cooper quotes: Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.

Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.

James F. Cooper quotes: Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.

Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.

James F. Cooper quotes: The sublimity connected with vastness, is familiar to every eye.

The sublimity connected with vastness, is familiar to every eye.

James F. Cooper quotes: The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.

James F. Cooper quotes: What will the axemen do, when they have cut their way from sea to sea?

What will the axemen do, when they have cut their way from sea to sea?

James F. Cooper quotes: Principles ... become modified in practice, by facts.

Principles ... become modified in practice, by facts.

James F. Cooper quotes: The expanse of the ocean is seldom seen by the novice with indifference.

The expanse of the ocean is seldom seen by the novice with indifference.

James F. Cooper quotes: Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.

Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.

James F. Cooper quotes: The minority of a country is never known to agree, except in its efforts to reduce and oppress the majority.

The minority of a country is never known to agree, except in its efforts to reduce and oppress the majority.

James F. Cooper quotes: Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannogt congeal in winter.

Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannogt congeal in winter.

James F. Cooper quotes: At no period of the naval history of the world, is it probable that Marines were more important than during the War of the Revolution,

At no period of the naval history of the world, is it probable that Marines were more important than during the War of the Revolution,

James F. Cooper quotes: God has given the salt lick to the deer; and He has given to man, red-skin and white, the delicious spring at which to slake his thirst.

God has given the salt lick to the deer; and He has given to man, red-skin and white, the delicious spring at which to slake his thirst.

James F. Cooper quotes: If the newspapers are useful in overthrowing tyrants, it is only to establish a tyranny of their own.

If the newspapers are useful in overthrowing tyrants, it is only to establish a tyranny of their own.

James F. Cooper quotes: Superstition is a quality that seems indigenous to the ocean.

Superstition is a quality that seems indigenous to the ocean.

James F. Cooper quotes: Death is appalling to those of the most iron nerves, when it comes quietly and in the stillness and solitude of night.

Death is appalling to those of the most iron nerves, when it comes quietly and in the stillness and solitude of night.