The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.

Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.

The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of maintaining the custom of public assemblies on Sunday.

Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

We are working with Sen. Johnson's office to save the zoo and keep it open. It's hard to predict how easy or difficult it will be to get it done.