We find ourselves under the government of a system of political institutions, conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty, than any of which the history of former times tells us.

As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.

Writing is the great invention of the world.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

I have just read your dispatch about sore-tongued and fatigued horses, Will you pardon me for asking what the horses of your army have done since the Battle of Antietam that fatigues anything?

I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that his hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me - and I think He has - I believe I am ready.