'tis Done. We Have Become A Nation.

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

I Anticipate The Day When To Command Respect In The Remotest Regions It Will Be Sufficient To Say I Am An American.

By Withholding The Knowledge Of [the Scriptures] From Children, We Deprive Ourselves Of The Best Means Of Awakening Moral Sensibility In Their Minds.

In Such A Performance You May Lay The Foundation Of National Happiness Only In Religion, Not By Leaving It Doubtful "whether Morals Can Exist Without It," But By Asserting That Without Religion Morals Are The Effects Of Causes As Purely Physical As Pleasant Breezes And Fruitful Seasons.

While The Business Of Education In Europe Consists In Lectures Upon The Ruins Of Palmyra And The Antiquities Of Herculaneum , Or In Disputes About Hebrew Points, Greek Particles, Or The Accent And Quantity Of The Roman Language, The Youth Of America Will Be Employed In Acquiring Those Branches Of Knowledge Which Increase The Conveniences Of Life.