America Owes Most Of Its Social Prejudices

The Americans... Are Almost Ignorant Of The Art Of Music, One Of The Most Elevating, Innocent And Refining Of Human Tastes, Whose Influence On The Habits And Morals Of A People Is Of The Most Beneficial Tendency.

As Reason And Revelation Both Tell Us That This State Of Being Is But A Preparation For Another Of A Still Higher And More Spiritual Order, All The Interests Of Life Are Of Comparatively Little Importance, When Put In The Balance Against The Future.

The Flesh Is Sweeter, Where The Creature Has Some Chance For Its Life; For That Reason, I Always Use A Single Ball, Even If It Be At A Bird Or A Squirrel; Besides, It Saves Lead, For, When A Body Knows How To Shoot, One Piece Of Lead Is Enough For All, Except Hard-lived Animals.

America Owes Most Of Its Social Prejudices To The Exaggerated Religious Opinions Of The Different Sects Which Were So Instrumental In Establishing The Colonies.

It Was A Feature Peculiar To The Colonial Wars Of North America, That The Toils And Dangers Of The Wilderness Were To Be Encountered, Before The Adverse Hosts Could Meet. A Wide, And, Apparently, An Impervious Boundary Of Forests, Severed The Possessions Of The Hostile Provinces Of France And England. The Hardy Colonist, And The Trained European Who Fought At His Side, Frequently Expended Months In Struggling Against The Rapids Of The Streams, Or In Effecting The Rugged Passes Of The Mountains, In Quest Of An Opportunity To Exhibit Their Courage In A More Martial Conflict.