John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection.

In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave and could not recover it, was very nebulous.

In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now.

I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up my residence where my people had lived for over two hundred years.

In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President for the first time.

However the Southern man may have been master of the negro, there were compensatory processes whereby certain negroes were masters of their masters' children.

In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.

The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the Virginia colony in the reign of Charles the First.

THE autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died.

As early as the autumn of 1862, I was made very happy by being sent to school.

My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia.

Oh, let me love with all my power all the way.Let me love like stars love the moon rest of my day.

Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know.

The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.

My mom dressed me in silk to go to elementary school.

Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding; it dissipates every doubt and scruple in an instant.

We dare not forget, lest we become a nation that does not only not know its roots but where it’s going

landscape, that vast still life, invites description, not narration. It is lyric. It has no story: it is the beloved, and asks only to be contemplated.

Democracy has many enemies, and the terrorist is only one of them.

Building a business is not rocket science, it's about having a great idea and seeing it through with integrity.

Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character.