To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

Finally, in regard to those who possess the largest shares in the stock of worldly goods, could there, in your opinion, be any police so vigilant and effetive, for the protections of all the rights of person, property and character, as such a sound and comprehensive education and training, as our system of Common Schools could be made to impart; and would not the payment of a sufficient tax to make such education and training universal, be the cheapest means of self-protection and insurance?

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

It would be more honourable to our distinguished ancestors to praise them in words less, but in deeds to imitate them more.

When you introduce into our schools a spirit of emulation, you have present the keenest spur admissible to the youthful intellect.

When will society, like a mother, take care of all her children?

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.