The first and almost the only Book deserving of universal attention is the Bible.

[America's] glory is not dominion, but liberty. Her march is the march of the mind. She has a spear and a shield: but the motto upon her shield is Freedom, Independence, Peace. This has been her declaration: this has been, as far as her necessary intercourse with the rest of mankind would permit, her practice.

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

A man's diary is a record in youth of his sentiments, in middle age of his actions, in old age of his reflections.

I shall look for whatever success may attend my public service; and knowing that "except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain," with fervent supplications for His favor, to His overruling providence I commit with humble but fearless confidence my own fate and the future destinies of my country.

His face is livid, gaunt his whole body, his breath is green with gall; his tongue drips poison.

Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Saviour?