Wherever the European has trod, death seems to pursue the aboriginal.
The limit of man’s knowledge in any subject possesses a high interest, which is perhaps increased by its close neighbourhood to the realms of imagination.
If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
A traveller should be a botanist, for in all views plants form the chief embellishment.
A republic cannot succeed till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour.
