The honorable William Penn, late governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen agent to the Court of Britain, and directed to deliver the petition to the King himself and to endeavor by his personal influence to procure a favorable reception to this last address.

The rights of the individual should be the primary object of all governments.

The study of the human character opens at once a beautiful and a deformed picture of the soul.

I am more and more convinced, of the propensity in human nature to tyranize over their fellow men.

'Tis social converse, animates the soul.

The balm of life, a kind and faithful friend.

Public emergencies may require the hand of severity to fall heavily on those who are not personally guilty, but compassion prompts, and ever urges to milder methods