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It Is The High Privilege And Sacred Duty Of Those Now Living To Educate Their Successors And Fit Them, By Intelligence And Virtue, For The Inheritance Which Awaits Them.

I Admitted, That The World Had Existed Millions Of Years. I Am Astonished At The Ignorance Of The Masses On These Subjects. Hugh Miller Has It Right When He Says That 'the Battle Of Evidences Must Now Be Fought On The Field Of The Natural Sciences.'

Statistical Science Is Indispensable To Modern Statesmanship. In Legislation As In Physical Science It Is Beginning To Be Understood That We Can Control Terrestrial Forces Only By Obeying Their Laws. The Legislator Must Formulate In His Statutes Not Only The National Will, But Also Those Great Laws Of Social Life Revealed By Statistics.

The Separation Of Church And State In Everything Relating To Taxation Should Be Absolute.

Monuments May Be Builded To Express The Affection Or Pride Of Friends, Or To Display Their Wealth, But They Are Only Valuable For The Characters Which They Perpetuate.