We Have Not Only Multiplied Diseases, But

The American War Is Over; But This Far From Being The Case With The American Revolution. On The Contrary, Nothing But The First Act Of The Drama Is Closed. It Remains Yet To Establish And Perfect Our New Forms Of Government, And To Prepare The Principles, Morals, And Manners Of Our Citizens For These Forms Of Government After They Are Established And Brought To Perfection.

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

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

Such Is My Veneration For Every Religion That Reveals The Attributes Of The Deity, Or A Future State Of Rewards And Punishments, That I Had Rather See The Opinions Of Confucius Or Mahomed Inculcated Upon Our Youth Than See Them Grow Up Wholly Devoid Of A System Of Religious Principles.

Mothers And Schools Plant The Seeds Of Nearly All The Good And Evil Which Exists In The World.