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...poets have been out-doors a good deal, chiefly at night. They have seen the moon, and one of them has clutched at it. They have observed the sea, and one of them has found it loving, fickle, faithless, wanton, cruel, bitter. They have noted sundry meteorological phenomena, and recorded them in lines that, to quote one of the salt water singers, "Dance on in wild unrythmic glee...
...concerned the present coition of the courts. He declared that "in many places the administration of civil justice is a disgrace to this country. In the western states, particularly, the people have harmed the courts to an extent that is almost irremediable. The same change that has characterized the wanton election of judges has extended to other offices." It is for men with such unexcelled training as the Harvard Law School affords, to carry the courts through this crisis. If the trouble is due not so much to the judges and the bar as to the people, them bring...
Courage was another of Professor Norton's attributes, and particularly the courage to speak out his convictions, no matter who or how many were on the other side. He did this always politely, and not from wanton aggression, but the very polish of his expressions, his logic which could not be confuted, and the wealth of examples which his well-furnished mind could bring to the support of his positions, sometimes drove his opponents almost rabid in their replies to him. This courage also saved him from the littleness of "answering back," and enabled him to possess his own soul...
...September twenty-sixth which contains the statement that this upper station had been broken into, and that some of the instruments had been taken away. Such an attack must have been made by marauding Indians and, since the instruments would be valueless to them, it seems a piece of wanton mischief...
Contrary to common opinion, the Scandinavian was not especially bloodthirsty. It is true that he did rate human life low. His devotion to duty was strong and if he thought it his duty to kill several people he never hesitated to do it, although he had no admiration for wanton cruelty...