A Stout Heart, A Clear Conscience, And

Occasional War Is One Of The Rigorous Instruments In The Hands Of Providence To Give Tone To The Character Of Nations.

Whenever Vanity And Gaiety, A Love Of Pomp And Dress, Furniture, Equipage, Buildings, Great Company, Expensive Diversions, And Elegant Entertainments Get The Better Of The Principles And Judgments Of Men And Women, There Is No Knowing Where They Will Stop, Nor Into What Evils, Natural, Moral, Or Political, They Will Lead Us.

While Dwelling With Pleasing Satisfaction Upon The Superior Excellence Of Our Political Institutions, Let Us Not Be Unmindful That Liberty Is Power; That The Nation Blessed With The Largest Portion Of Liberty Must In Proportion To Its Numbers Be The Most Powerful Nation Upon Earth, And That The Tenure Of Power By Man Is, In The Moral Purposes Of His Creator, Upon Condition That It Shall Be Exercised To Ends Of Beneficence, To Improve The Condition Of Himself And His Fellow Men.

The Firmest Security Of Peace Is The Preparation During Peace Of The Defenses Of War.

No Book In The World Deserves To Be So Unceasingly Studied, And So Profoundly Meditated Upon As The Bible.