Certainly there is no contending against the Will of God; but still there is some difficulty in ascertaining, and applying it, to particular cases.

I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom.

I have never united myself to any church because I found difficulty in giving my assent without mental reservation to the long, complicated statements of Christian doctrine which characterize the articles of belief and the usual confession of faith.

Everybody likes a compliment.

The health you enjoy is largely your choice

Those who are ready to sacrifice freedom for security ultimately will lose both.

Continue to execute all the express provisions of our national Constitution, and the Union will endure forever-it being impossible to destroy it, except by some action not provided for in the instrument itself.