I Have Tried So Hard To Do

The Broad Rich Acres Of Our Agricultural Plains Have Been Long Preserved By Nature To Become Her Untrammeled Gift To A People Civilized And Free, Upon Which Should Rest, In Well-distributed Ownership, The Numerous Homes Of Enlightened, Equal, And Fraternal Citizens... Nor Should Our Vast Tracts Of So-called Desert Lands Be Yielded Up To The Monopoly Of Corporations Or Grasping Individuals, As Appears To Be Much The Tendency Under The Existing Statute.

What Do You Imagine The American People Would Think Of Me If I Wasted My Time Going To The Ball Game?

Good Ball Players Make Good Citizens.

Under Our Scheme Of Government The Waste Of Public Money Is A Crime Against The Citizen.

And Let Us Not Trust To Human Effort Alone, But Humbly Acknowledging The Power And Goodness Of Almighty God, Who Presides Over The Destiny Of Nations, And Who Has At All Times Been Revealed In Our Country's History, Let Us Invoke His Aid And His Blessings Upon Our Labors.