The Firmest Security Of Peace Is The

Slavery Is The Great And Foul Stain Upon The North American Union. A Dissolution, At Least Temporary, Of The Union, As Now Constituted, Would Now Be Certainly Necessary. The Union Might Then Be Reorganized On The Fundamental Principle Of Emancipation.

It Has Been My Custom For Many Years To Read The Bible In Its Entirety Once A Year

Religion, Charity, Pure Benevolence, And Morals, Mingled Up With Superstitious Rites And Ferocious Cruelty, Form In Their Combination Institutions The Most Powerful And The Most Pernicious That Have Ever Afflicted Mankind.

Try And Fail,but Don't Fail To Try.

My Stern Chase After Time Is, To Borrow A Simile From Tom Paine, Like The Race Of A Man With A Wooden Leg After A Horse.