Albert Beveridge: “Society is divided into two classes; the shearers and the shorn.”

In the excitement produced by ardent controversy, gentlemen view the same object through such different media that minds, not infrequently receive therefrom precisely opposite impressions.

There can be little doubt that a majority of the people did not favor the Constitution when adopted by the Convention and ratified by the States.

What a gloom will spread over the nation when he is gone!

These had power To charm through life and cheer his dying hour.