Edwin Hubbel Chapin

The essence of justice is mercy. ”

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order. ”

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury. ”

Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite. ”

Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth. ”

At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion. ”

Every action of your life touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. ”

The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it. ”

No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions. ”

Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle. ”