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Religious Discord Has Lost Her Sting; The Cumbrous Weapons Of Theological Warfare Are Antiquated: The Field Of Politics Supplies The Alchymists Of Our Times With Materials Of More Fatal Explosion, And The Butchers Of Mankind No Longer Travel To Another World For Instruments Of Cruelty And Destruction.

A Stout Heart, A Clear Conscience, And Never Despair.

The Law Given From Sinai Was A Civil And Municipal As Well As A Moral And Religious Code; It Contained Many Statutes . . . Of Universal Application-laws Essential To The Existence Of Men In Society, And Most Of Which Have Been Enacted By Every Nation Which Ever Professed Any Code Of Laws.

The Harmony Of The Nation Is Promoted And The Whole Union Is Knit Together By The Sentiments Of Mutual Respect, The Habits Of Social Intercourse, And The Ties Of Personal Friendship Formed Between The Representatives Of Its Several Parts In The Performance Of Their Service At This Metropolis.

The Four Most Miserable Years Of My Life Were My Four Years In The Presidency.