I Would Strenuously Urge A Single Term

We All Agree That Neither The Government Nor Political Parties Ought To Interfere With Religious Sects. It Is Equally True That Religious Sects Ought Not To Interfere With The Government Or With Political Parties. We Believe That The Cause Of Good Government And The Cause Of Religion Both Suffer By All Such Interference.

If A Liberal Policy Towards The Late Rebels Is Adopted, The Ultra Republicans Are Opposed To It; If The Colored People Are Honored, The Extremists Of The Other Wing Cry Out Against It. I Suspect I Am Right In Both Cases.

Must Swear Off From Swearing. Bad Habit.

The Religion Of The Bible Is The Best In The World. I See The Infinite Value Of Religion. Let It Be Always Encouraged. A World Ofsuperstition And Folly Have Grown Up Around Its Forms And Ceremonies. But The Truth In It Is One Of The Deep Sentiments In Human Nature.

Wars Will Remain While Human Nature Remains. I Believe In My Soul In Cooperation, In Arbitration; But The Soldier's Occupation We Cannot Say Is Gone Until Human Nature Is Gone.