I Suppose This Work Is Part Of

If We Are To Have Another Contest In The Near Future Of Our National Existence, I Predict That The Dividing Line Will Not Be Mason And Dixon's But Between Patriotism And Intelligence On The One Side, And Superstition, Ambition And Ignorance On The Other.

The Theory Of Government Changes With General Progress.

Hold Fast To The Bible As The Sheet-anchor Of Your Liberties; Write Its Precepts In Your Hearts, And Practice Them In Your Lives.

I Never Was An Abolitionest, Not Even What Could Be Called Anti Slavery, But I Try To Judge Farely And Honestly And It Become Patent To My Mind Early In The Rebellion That The North And South Could Never Live At Peace With Each Other Except As One Nation, And That Without Slavery.

But My Later Experience Has Taught Me Two Lessons: First, That Things Are Seen Plainer After The Events Have Occurred; Second, That The Most Confident Critics Are Generally Those Who Know The Least About The Matter Criticised.