Cicero: “For many men have sought occasions for war from the mere ambition for fame.”

Thus apparent expediency is outweighed when placed in the balance against moral rectitude.

Now, those who care for the interests of a part of the citizens and neglect another part, introduce into the civil service a dangerous element--dissension and party strife.

But those wars which have glory for their end must be carried on with less bitterness.

It is, therefore, an excellent rule that they give who bid us not to do a thing, when there is a doubt whether it be right or wrong; for righteousness shines with a brilliance of its own, but doubt is a sign that we are thinking of a…