The struggle of today is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also.

The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it. The picture was not made to conceal or destroy the apple, but to adorn and preserve it. The picture was made for the apple-not the apple for the picture.

A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

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As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created equal except Negroes.

The land-grant university system is being built on behalf of the people, who have invested in these public universities their hopes, their support, and their confidence.

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.