Did Any Man At His Death Ever

O God, Animate Us To Cheerfulness! May We Have A Joyful Sense Of Our Blessings, Learn To Look On The Bright Circumstances Of Our Lot, And Maintain A Perpetual Contentedness

The Cry Has Been That When War Is Declared, All Opposition Should Therefore Be Hushed. A Sentiment More Unworthy Of A Free Country Could Hardly Be Propagated. If The Doctrine Be Admitted, Rulers Have Only To Declare War And They Are Screened At Once From Scrutiny. . . . In War, Then, As In Peace, Assert The Freedom Of Speech And Of The Press. Cling To This As The Bulwark Of All Our Rights And Privileges.

Perhaps In Our Presence, The Most Heroic Deed On Earth Is Done In Some Silent Spirit, The Loftiest Purpose Cherished, The Most Generous Sacrifice Made, And We Do Not Suspect It. I Believe This Greatness To Be Most Common Among The Multitude, Whose Names Are Never Heard.

Science And Art May Invent Splendid Modes Of Illuminating The Apartments Of The Opulent; But These Are All Poor And Worthless Compared With The Common Light Which The Sun Sends Into All Our Windows, Which He Pours Freely, Impartially Over Hill And Valley, Which Kindles Daily The Eastern And Western Sky; And So The Common Lights Of Reason, And Conscience, And Love, Are Of More Worth And Dignity Than The Rare Endowments Which Give Celebrity To A Few.

Of All The Discoveries Which Men Need To Make, The Most Important, At The Present Moment, Is That Of The Self-forming Power Treasured Up In Themselves. They Little Suspect Its Extent, As Little As The Savage Apprehends The Energy Which The Mind Is Created To Exert On The Material World.