'tis Done. We Have Become A Nation.

I Grant This Mode Of Secluding Boys From The Intercourse Of Private Families Has A Tendency To Make Them Scholars, But Our Business Is To Make Them Men, Citizens, And Christians. The Vices Of Young People Are Generally Learned From Each Other. The Vices Of Adults Seldom Infect Them. By Separating Them From Each Other, Therefore, In Their Hours Of Relaxation From Study, We Secure Their Morals From A Principal Source Of Corruption, While We Improve Their Manners By Subjecting Them To Those Restraints Which The Difference Of Age And Sex Naturally Produce In Private Families.

I Shall Be Better Satisfied If The Same Can Be Said Of Me As Was Said Of The Prophet Of Old, "that I Walked In The Fear Of The Lord, And Begat Sons And Daughters" [genesis 5:22], Than If It Were Inscribed On My Tombstone That I Governed The Councils Or Commanded The Arms Of The Whole Continent Of America.

We Have Not Only Multiplied Diseases, But We Have Made Them More Fatal.

Without The Restraints Of Religion And Social Worship, Men Become Savages Much Sooner Than Savages Become Civilized By Means Of Religion And Civil Government.

Liberty Without Virtue Would Be No Blessing To Us.