I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.
In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are; and this means insisting on their vital role in the whole business of academic learning, rather than protesting that, like some poor relation, they don't cost much to be housed.
If I can do one hundredth part for the Indian that Mrs. Stowe did for the Negro, I will be thankful.

