'tis Done. We Have Become A Nation.

Christianity Is The Only True And Perfect Religion.

Mirth, And Even Cheerfulness, When Employed As Remedies In Low Spirits, Are Like Hot Water To A Frozen Limb.

In Macbeth A Lady Is Restrained From The Murder Of A King By His Resemblance Of Her Father As He Slept. Should Not All Men Be Restrained From Acts Of Violence And Even Of Unkindness Against Their Fellow Men By Observing In Them Something Which Resembles The Savior Of The World? If Nothing Else Certainly, A Human Figure?

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

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