Event Quotes

The earthquake, however, must be to every one a most impressive event: the earth, considered from our earliest childhood as the type of solidity, has oscillated like a thin crust beneath our feet; and in seeing the laboured works of man in a moment overthrown, we feel the insignificance of his boasted power.

The Union, in any event, won't be dissolved. We don't want to dissolve it, and if you attempt it, we won't let you.