If God and His Word are not known and received, the devil and his works will gain the ascendency; if the evangelical volume does not reach every hamlet, the pages of a corrupt and licentious literature will.

No power but Congress can declare war, but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own authority may make such military movements as must bring on war?

No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.

Philosophic argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the universe, in comparison with the apparent insignificance of this globe, has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that is in me; but my heart has always assured and reassured me that

Mind is the great lever of all things.

On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions.

The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.