Happiness Is Speechless.

Patriotism Is The Vital Condition Of National Permanence.

The Sure Foundations Of The State Are Laid In Knowledge, Not In Ignorance; And Every Sneer At Education, At Culture, At Book Learning, Which Is The Recorded Wisdom Of The Experience Of Mankind, Is The Demagogue's Sneer At Intelligent Liberty, Inviting National Degeneracy And Ruin.

Patriotism, Or The Peculiar Relation Of An Individual To His Country, Is Like The Family Instinct. In The Child It Is A Blind Devotion; In The Man In Intelligent Love. The Patriot Perceives The Claim Made Upon His Country By The Circumstances And Time Of Her Growth And Power, And How God Is To Be Served By Using Those Opportunities Of Helping Mankind. Therefore His Country's Honor Is Dear To Him As His Own, And He Would As Soon Lie And Steal Himself As Assist Or Excuse His Country In A Crime.

It Is Not The Ship So Much As The Skillful Sailing That Assures The Prosperous Voyage.

Our Common Liberty Is Consecrated By A Common Sorrow.