Blasphemy is a crime that aims at God, but does its chief harm to the one that fires it off.
So I compare it to a piece of imperfect firearms to which the marksman puts his eye, and, pulling the trigger, by the rebound finds himself in the dust.
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Like almost everything else, self-confidence is a habit.
It is formed by persistently choosing to let the mind dwell upon our successes, and in turning our thoughts just as persistently away from our failures.
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In language that is unfortunately understood by the greater portion of the people who speak English, thousands are saying on the first of January, a far-off date that it is wonderful any one has lived to see—“Let us have a new deal!”
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