What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?

No one has needed favours more than I, and generally, few have been less unwilling to accept them; but in this case, favour to me,would be injustice to the public, and therefore I must beg your pardon for declining it.

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Our eldest boy, Bob, has been away from us nearly a year at school, and will enter Harvard University this month. He promises verywell, considering we never controlled him much.

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays.

Capital has its proper place and is entitled to every protection. The wages of men should be recognized in the structure of and in the social order as more important than the wages of money [interest].