Of course I deprecate war, but if it is brought to my door the bringer will find me at home.

Mankind have been slow to believe that order reigns in the universe-that the world is a cosmos and a chaos.

We can not overestimate the fervent love of liberty, the intelligent courage, and the sum of common sense with which our fathers made the great experiment of self-government.

I admitted, that the world had existed millions of years. I am astonished at the ignorance of the masses on these subjects. Hugh Miller has it right when he says that 'the battle of evidences must now be fought on the field of the natural sciences.'

The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.

The best system of education is that which draws its chief support from the voluntary effort of the community, from the individual efforts of citizens, and from those burdens of taxation which they voluntarily impose upon themselves.

Tortured for the Republic.