I Cannot Live Without Books.

The Spirit Of This Country Is Totally Adverse To A Large Military Force.

And Even Should The Cloud Of Barbarism And Despotism Again Obscure The Science And Libraries Of Europe, This Country Remains To Preserve And Restore Light And Liberty To Them.

The Liberty Of Speaking And Writing Guards Our Other Liberties.

No Body Wishes More Than I Do To See Such Proofs As You Exhibit, That Nature Has Given To Our Black Brethren, Talents Equal To Those Of The Other Colors Of Men, And That The Appearance Of A Want Of Them Is Owing Merely To The Degraded Condition Of Their Existence, Both In Africa & America.

The Functionaries Of Every Government Have Propensities To Command At Will The Liberty And Property Of Their Constituents.