Life Is A Problem; Mortal Man Was

While Dwelling With Pleasing Satisfaction Upon The Superior Excellence Of Our Political Institutions, Let Us Not Be Unmindful That Liberty Is Power; That The Nation Blessed With The Largest Portion Of Liberty Must In Proportion To Its Numbers Be The Most Powerful Nation Upon Earth, And That The Tenure Of Power By Man Is, In The Moral Purposes Of His Creator, Upon Condition That It Shall Be Exercised To Ends Of Beneficence, To Improve The Condition Of Himself And His Fellow Men.

Individual Liberty Is Individual Power, And As The Power Of A Community Is A Mass Compounded Of Individual Powers, The Nation Which Enjoys The Most Freedom Must Necessarily Be In Proportion To Its Numbers The Most Powerful Nation.

The American Continents, By The Free And Independent Condition That They Have Assumed And Maintain, Are Henceforth Not To Be Considered As Subjects For Future Colonisation Byany European Powers? In The Wars Of The Europeanpowers Inmattersrelating To Ourselves, We Have Never Taken Any Part; Nor Does It Comport With Our Policy To Do So.

I Appear, My Fellow-citizens, In Your Presence And In That Of Heaven To Bind Myself By The Solemnities Of Religious Obligation To The Faithful Performance Of The Duties Allotted To Me In The Station To Which I Have Been Called.

Human Life, From The Cradle To The Grave, Is A School. At Every Period Of His Existence Man Wants A Teacher. His Pilgrimage Upon Earth Is But A Term Of Childhood, In Which He Is To Be Educated For The Manhood Of A Brighter World. As The Child Must Be Educated For Manhood Upon Earth, So The Man Must Be Educated Upon Earth, For Heaven; And Finally That Where The Foundation Is Not Laid In Time, The Superstructure Can Not Rise For Eternity.