Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland.

Remorse is the pain of sin.

Applying good sense to religion and religion to life. This is the field in which I design to labor

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.".

As society advances the standard of poverty rises.

The Bible goes equally to the cottage of the peasant, and the palace of the king. - It is woven into literature, and colors the talk of the street. The bark of the merchant cannot sail without it; and no ship of war goes to the conflict but it is there. It enters men's closets; directs their conduct, and mingles in all the grief and cheerfulness of life.