Books may be classed from the Faculties of the mind

A country whose buildings are of wood, can never increase in its improvements to any considerable degree.... Whereas when buildings are of durable materials, every new edifice is an actual and permanent acquisition to the state, adding to its value as well as to its ornament.

The genuine and simple religion of Jesus will one day be restored: such as it was preached and practiced by Himself.

I agree with you that it is the duty of every good citizen to use all the opportunities, which occur to him, for preserving documents relating to the history of our country.

To seek out the best [persons to serve in the government] though the whole Union, we must resort to the information which from the best of men, acting disinterestedly and with ther purest motives, is something incorrect....No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place.

Bank-paper must be suppressed, and the circulating medium must be restored to the nation to whom it belongs.

Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country.