If Ever There Was A Cause, If

Republics, One After Another . . . Have Perished From A Want Of Intelligence And Virtue In The Masses Of The People. . . .

As An Innovation... The Establishment Of Free Schools Was The Boldest Ever Promulgated, Since The Commencement Of The Christian Era... Time Has Ratified Its Soundness. Two Centuries Proclaim It To Be As Wise As It Was Courageous, As Beneficient As It Was Disinterested. It Was One Of Those Grand Mental And Moral Experiments... The Sincerity Of Our Gratitude Must Be Tested By Our Efforts To Perpetuate And Improve What They Established. The Gratitude Of The Lips Only Is An Unholy Offering.

You May Be Liberal In Your Praise Where Praise Is Due: It Costs Nothing; It Encourages Much.

Affectation Hides Three Times As Many Virtues As Charity Does Sins.

The Highest Service We Can Perform For Others Is To Help Them Help Themselves.