We are in the the very midst of a revolution, the most complete, unexpected and remarkable of any in the history of nations.

Twenty times, in the course of my late reading, have I been on the point of breaking out, 'this would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it!' But in this exclamation, I should have been as fanatical as Bryant or Cleverly. Without religion, this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in public company-I mean hell.

I had heard my father say that he never knew a piece of land run away or break.

I would quarrel with both parties, and with every individual of each, before I would subjugate my understanding, or prostitute my tongue or pen to either.

The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws.

Education makes a greater difference between man and man than nature has made between man and brute.

I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world.