It Is The Object Only Of War

In The Following Pages I Offer Nothing More Than Simple Facts, Plain Arguments, And Common Sense; And Have No Other Preliminaries To Settle With The Reader, Than That He Will Divest Himself Of Prejudice And Repossession, And Suffer His Reason And Feelings To Determine For Themselves; And That He Will Put On, Or Rather That He Will Not Put Off, The True Character Of Man, And Generously Enlarge His View Beyond The Present Day.

Arms, Like Laws, Discourage And Keep The Invader And Plunderer In Awe And Preserve Order.

I Would Not Dare So Dishonor My Creator's Name By Attaching It To This Filthy Book.

All The Tales Of Miracles, With Which The Old And New Testament Are Filled, Are Fit Only For Impostors To Preach And Fools To Believe.

It Is A Faculty Of The Human Mind To Become What It Contemplates, And To Act In Unison With Its Object.