The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools.

'Tis done. We have become a nation.

Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.

I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.

The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible.

Without Virtue there can be no liberty

Now if the study of the Scriptures be necessary to our happiness at any time in our life, the sooner we begin to read them, the more we shall be attached to them.