“That holy, humble, meek, modest, retiring Form, sometimes called the Spirit of Prayer, has been dragged from the closet, and so rudely handled by some of her professed friends, that she has not only lost all her wonted loveliness, but is now stalking the street, in some places, stark mad.” Has BeensSometimesFormSpiritLostPrayerStreetsHolyMadHumbleRetiringModestClosetsStalkingStarksMeekLoveliness Author:Asahel Nettleton
“Standing navies, as well as standing armies, serve to keep alive the spirit of war even in the meek heart of peace. In its very embers and smoulderings, they nourish that fatal fire, and half-pay officers, as the priests of Mars, yet guard the temple, though no god be there.” WellsHeartWarSpiritPayHalfFireAliveStandingArmyTemplesPriestsOfficersMarsNavyMeekEmbersGod Is There Book:White-jacket; Or, The World in the Man-of-war Source: White-jacket; Or, The World in the Man-of-war