No One Should Part With Their Individuality

Science And Art May Invent Splendid Modes Of Illuminating The Apartments Of The Opulent; But These Are All Poor And Worthless Compared With The Common Light Which The Sun Sends Into All Our Windows, Which He Pours Freely, Impartially Over Hill And Valley, Which Kindles Daily The Eastern And Western Sky; And So The Common Lights Of Reason, And Conscience, And Love, Are Of More Worth And Dignity Than The Rare Endowments Which Give Celebrity To A Few.

I Call That Mind Free Which Jealously Guards Its Intellectual Rights And Powers, Which Calls No Man Master, Which Does Not Content Itself With A Passive Or Hereditary Faith, Which Opens Itself To Light Whencesoever It May Come, Which Receives New Truth As An Angel From Heaven.

Whatever You May Suffer, Speak The Truth. Be Worthy Of The Entire Confidence Of Your Associates. Consider What Is Right As To What Must Be Done. It Is Not Necessary That You Should Keep Your Property, Or Even Your Life, But It Is Necessary That You Should Hold Fast Your Integrity.

Did Any Man At His Death Ever Regret His Conflicts With Himself, His Victories Over Appetite, His Scorn Of Impure Pleasure, Or His Sufferings For Righteousness' Sake?

The Domestic Relations Precede, And In Our Present Existence Are Worth More Than All Our Other Social Ties. They Give The First Throb To The Heart, And Unseal The Deep Fountains Of Its Love. Home Is The Chief School Of Human Virtue. Its Responsibilities, Joys, Sorrows, Smiles, Tears, Hopes, And Solicitudes Form The Chief Interest Of Human Life.