The People Of Virginia Declare And Make

One Sought Not Absolute Truth. One Sought Only A Spool On Which To Wind The Thread Of History Without Breaking It.

Probably The Institution Of Marriage Had Its Origin In Love Of Property. Both Men And Women Were United In This--that Whatever They Loved Best, They Wished To Possess. The Usual Theory Holds That The Communal System Would Not Permit The Gratification Of This Desire At The Expense Of Communal Rights, And That Therefore Men Were Driven To Gratify Their Passion By Purchasing Or By Capturing Women From Neighboring And Hostile Tribes.

Nature, To Be Commanded, Must Be Obeyed. The Imagination Must Be Given Not Wings But Weights.

Education Should Try To Lessen The Obstacles, Diminish The Friction, Invigorate The Energy, And Should Train Minds To React, Not At Haphazard, But By Choice, On The Lines Of Force That Attract Their World. What One Knows Is, In Youth, Of Little Moment; They Know Enough Who Know How To Learn.

I Tell You The Solemn Truth, That The Doctrine Of The Trinity Is Not So Difficult To Accept For A Working Proposition As Any One Of The Axioms Of Physics.