Matthew Simpson Quote

It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to some other object which may for the time being take possession of the mind.


Funeral Address Delivered at the Burial of President Lincoln: At Springfield, Illinois, May 4, 1865 (ed. 1865)


It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to some other object which may for...

It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to some other object which may for...

It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to some other object which may for...

It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to some other object which may for...