Every idea is an incitement... eloquence may set fire to reason.

Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter.