francis hopkinson...on quarreling

"and like other authors, to depend more on a fortuitous possession of the public caprice than on the intrinsic methods of my own performance"
..."is a device to render it not only expressive of an author's narrative, opinions, or arguments; but also of the peculiarities of his temper and the vivacity of his feelings."
"his project is only calculated to ascertain the fortes and pianos, and various slides of the human voice in speaking; whereas mine is contrived to designate the fortes and pianos, and various slides of the temper in writing."
"a person in a fright or in passion, exerts his lungs according to the quantum of terror or rage with which he is affected."
[double pica italics]
..."everyone striving to be heard in preference by a superior magnitude of types."
"there is no looking at the first page of the daily advertiser without imagining a number of people hallowing and bawling to you to buy their goods or lands, to charter their ships, or to inform you that a servant or serf or horse hath strayed away"...i turn over to the articles of intelligence as quick as possible lest my eyes should be stunned by the ocular uproar of the first page"
"and at last the contest swells up to Rascal, Villain, Coward in five line pica; which is indeed as far as the art of printing or a modern quarrel can conveniently go."
"it will satisfy me if my scheme should be adopted and found useful."
pg. 187 -sir john
..."as if the author stood at the door of his edifice, calling out to everyone to enter and partake of the entertainment he has prepared; and some even scream out their invitation in red letters."
"For what, alas! are a few Capitals and Italics in the hands of a vigorous author?"* ..."and yet these are the only typographical emphatics now in use."
pg. 189
"I hereby give public notice (in English Roman N. I) that having nothing else to do, and having no wife or child to lament the consequences of my folly, I propose to take up any gentleman's discontent, animosity or affront, and to conduct the same in public contest against his adversary as far as Great Primer, or even French Canon, but not further, without the special leave of the original proprietor of the quarrel, provided."
..."not without sanguine hopes that it may prove the lucky hit I have been so long pursuing, and procure me that public renown and popular favour, which, hitherto, I have in vain laboured to acquire.



"dont be alarmed: i am not going to discuss this intricate subject at large; I wonder how I got so far into it: I have neither leisure, inclination, or ability to pursue it." (jefferson)
pg 202- guilty/ not guilty
pg 210 fairness
america "i believe this is more owing to to the abilities and integrity of their judges than to the infallinility of their system. A bad judge might be a curse to the people, without directly violating the legal rules of his official conduct."
..."more upon their national character than their form of government" (jefferson leaves president off his tombstone)
222- begotted
"inexorable bigotry and rooted superstition lock up the doors of knowledge and preclude reformation"
pg 223 (american famer)
pg 14