Old Religious Factions Are Volcanoes Burnt Out.

I Do Not Know How To Wish Success To Those Whose Victory Is To Separate From Us A Large And Noble Part Of Our Empire. Still Less Do I Wish Success To Injustice, Oppression And Absurdity.

A Nation Without Means Of Reform Is Without Means Of Survival.

Government Is A Contrivance Of Human Wisdom To Provide For Human Wants.

For My Part, I Am Convinced That The Method Of Teaching Which Approaches Most Nearly To The Method Of Investigation Is Incomparably The Best; Since, Not Content With Serving Up A Few Barren And Lifeless Truths, It Leads To The Stock On Which They Grew.

That Cardinal Virtue, Temperance.