For we can now understand why it was that a man true to his conscience, in circumstances of such controversy, leave government in a way that not only manifested an absence of rancor but won applause, not just from those who agreed with him but those who disagreed with him.

The manner of his departure became the true measure of the man,

It's probably the saddest set of circumstances I've seen.

He's the ultimate utility player. Due to some circumstances that came up, he's our starting shortstop now. He did an excellent job last weekend at Franklin Parish. He has decent footwork and he has the arm strength to make a play when we need it.

these are the days when men... seek the comfortable and the accepted; when the man of controversy is looked upon as a disturbing influence; when originality is taken to be a mark of instability; and when, in minor modification of the scriptural parable, the bland lead the bland.

Fortuitous circumstances constitute the moulds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the relentless decree of all ordaining fate. . . .