Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in which are incarnated the living thoughts and ideas of the passing age. Matthew Simpson Read Quote
It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to some other object which may for the time being take possession of the mind. Matthew Simpson Read Quote
Passing into practical life, illustrations of this fact are found everywhere; the distant, or the unseen, steadies and strengthens us against the rapid whirl of things around us. Matthew Simpson Read Quote
Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving the state. Matthew Simpson Read Quote
Mr. Lincoln’s elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that merit, wherever it exists, has the opportunity to be known. Matthew Simpson Read Quote
If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln’s title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned. Matthew Simpson Read Quote
We ourselves can die with comfort and even with joy if we know that death is but a passport to blessedness, that this intellect, freed from all material chains, shall rise and shine. Matthew Simpson Read Quote
Taking it in its wider and generic application, I understand faith to be the supplement of sense; or, to change the phrase, all knowledge which comes not to us through our senses we gain by faith in others. Matthew Simpson Read Quote
Man wants to be reconciled to God; wants to know that the past is forgiven. Matthew Simpson Read Quote
