I wish the state of enthusiasm I am now in may last, for today I FELT there is a God. I have been devotional and my mind has been led away from the follies that it is mostly wrapped up in.

We sleepwalked, ... We didn't have any emotion. We just haven't shown any enthusiasm, not today, not for the last three weeks ... Last week, Cincinnati came out and they were really aggressive -- like we used to be. It was the same this week.

I started with great enthusiasm, but today I have to confess a certain frustration. Venice is a city which sinks everything,

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.

Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.

The encouragement of industry and frugality among the poor, by visits at their own inhabitations; the relief of real distress, whether arising from sickness or other causes; and the prevention.