Had I the power, I would scatter libraries over the whole land as the sower sows his wheatfield.
When will society, like a mother, take care of all her children?
To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Give me a house furnished with books rather than furniture! Both, if you can, but books at any rate!
Schoolhouses are the republican line of fortifications.
Education is an organic necessity of a human being.