A Simple Democracy Is The Devil's Own

Christianity Is The Only True And Perfect Religion; And... In Proportion As Mankind Adopt Its Principles And Obey Its Precepts, They Will Be Wise And Happy.

We Profess To Be Republicans, And Yet We Neglect The Only Means Of Establishing And Perpetuating Our Republican Forms Of Government; That Is, The Universal Education Of Our Youth In The Principles Of Christianity By Means Of The Bible; For This Divine Book, Above All Others, Favors That Equality Among Mankind, That Respect For Just Laws, And All Those Sober And Frugal Virtues Which Constitute The Soul Of Republicanism.

A Belief In God's Universal Love To All His Creatures, And That He Will Finally Restore All Of Them That Are Miserable To Happiness, Is A Polar Truth. . . It Establishes The Equality Of [humanity]. . .

While The Business Of Education In Europe Consists In Lectures Upon The Ruins Of Palmyra And The Antiquities Of Herculaneum , Or In Disputes About Hebrew Points, Greek Particles, Or The Accent And Quantity Of The Roman Language, The Youth Of America Will Be Employed In Acquiring Those Branches Of Knowledge Which Increase The Conveniences Of Life.

Let Our Pupil Be Taught That He Does Not Belong To Himself, But That He Is Public Property. Let Him Be Taught To Love His Family, But Let Him Be Taught At The Same Time That He Must Forsake And Even Forget Them When The Welfare Of His Country Requires It.