Where Annual Elections End Where Slavery Begins.

My Stern Chase After Time Is, To Borrow A Simile From Tom Paine, Like The Race Of A Man With A Wooden Leg After A Horse.

The Attainment Of Knowledge Is The High And Exclusive Attribute Of Man, Among The Numberless Myriads Of Animated Beings, Inhabitants Of The Terrestrial Globe. On Him Alone Is Bestowed, By The Bounty Of The Creator Of The Universe, The Power And The Capacity Of Acquiring Knowledge. Knowledge Is The Attribute Of His Nature Which At Once Enables Him To Improve His Condition Upon Earth, And To Prepare Him For The Enjoyment Of A Happier Existence Hereafter.

I Have Myself, For Many Years, Made It A Practice To Read Through The Bible Once Ever Year.... My Custom Is, To Read Four To Five Chapters Every Morning Immediately After Rising From My Bed. I Employs About An Hour Of My Time.

The Public History Of All Countries, And All Ages, Is But A Sort Of Mask, Richly Colored. The Interior Working Of The Machinery Must Be Foul.

I Inhabit A Weak, Frail, Decayed Tenement; Battered By The Winds And Broken In On By The Storms, And, From All I Can Learn, The Landlord Does Not Intend To Repair.