Controversy Is Only Dreaded By The Advocates

Let The Children...be Carefully Instructed In The Principles And Obligations Of The Christian Religion. This Is The Most Essential Part Of Education.

I Grant This Mode Of Secluding Boys From The Intercourse Of Private Families Has A Tendency To Make Them Scholars, But Our Business Is To Make Them Men, Citizens, And Christians. The Vices Of Young People Are Generally Learned From Each Other. The Vices Of Adults Seldom Infect Them. By Separating Them From Each Other, Therefore, In Their Hours Of Relaxation From Study, We Secure Their Morals From A Principal Source Of Corruption, While We Improve Their Manners By Subjecting Them To Those Restraints Which The Difference Of Age And Sex Naturally Produce In Private Families.

I Do Not Believe That The Constitution Was The Offspring Of Inspiration, But I Am As Satisfied That It Is As Much The Work Of A Divine Providence As Any Of The Miracles Recorded In The Old And New Testament.

As The War Office Of The United States Was Established In A Time Of Peace, It Is Equally Reasonable That A Peace Office Should Be Established In A Time Of War.

Dreams Are Nothing But Incoherent Ideas, Occasioned By Partial Or Imperfect Sleep.