There have been various rocks on which men have shattered their barks in their attempts to sail successfully into the harbours of parliamentary management.

There is the great Senator who declares to himself that personally he will have neither friend nor foe.

There is his country before him and its welfare.

Within his bosom is the fire of patriotism, and within his mind the examples of all past time.

He knows that he can be just, he teaches himself to be eloquent, and he strives to be wise.