Thoughtful men must feel that the fate of civilization upon this continent is involved in the issue of our contest. Among the most satisfying proofs of this conviction is the hearty devotion everywhere exhibited by our schools and colleges to the national cause.

My wife is as handsome as when she was a girl, and I...fell in love with her; and what is more, I have never fallen out.

We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom and our own error therein.

Violence begins where knowledge ends.

Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity.

The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society.

My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures have become clearer and stronger with advancing years, and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them.