Without Virtue There Can Be No Liberty

We Profess To Be Republicans, And Yet We Neglect The Only Means Of Establishing And Perpetuating Our Republican Forms Of Government; That Is, The Universal Education Of Our Youth In The Principles Of Christianity By Means Of The Bible; For This Divine Book, Above All Others, Favors That Equality Among Mankind, That Respect For Just Laws, And All Those Sober And Frugal Virtues Which Constitute The Soul Of Republicanism.

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.

The Only Means Of Establishing And Perpetuating Our Republican Forms Of Government Is The Universal Education Of Our Youth In The Principles Of Christianity By Means Of The Bible.

Dissections Daily Convince Us Of Our Ignorance Of The Seats Of Diseases, And Cause Us To Blush At Our Prescriptions. How Often Are We Disappointed In Our Expectation From The Most Certain And Powerful Of Our Remedies, By The Negligence Or Obstinacy Of Our Patients! What Mischief Have We Done Under The Belief Of False Facts And False Theories! We Have Assisted In Multiplying Diseases. We Have Done More — We Have Increased Their Mortality.

The Bible Contains More Knowledge Necessary To Man In His Present State Than Any Other Book In The World.