His Face Is Livid, Gaunt His Whole

The Public History Of All Countries, And All Ages, Is But A Sort Of Mask, Richly Colored. The Interior Working Of The Machinery Must Be Foul.

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

My Custom Is To Read Four Or Five Chapters Of The Bible Every Morning Immediately After Rising. It Seems To Me The Most Suitable Manner Of Beginning The Day. It Is An Invaluable And Inexhaustible Mine Of Knowledge And Virtue.

I Shall Look For Whatever Success May Attend My Public Service; And Knowing That "except The Lord Keep The City The Watchman Waketh But In Vain," With Fervent Supplications For His Favor, To His Overruling Providence I Commit With Humble But Fearless Confidence My Own Fate And The Future Destinies Of My Country.

To Furnish The Means Of Acquiring Knowledge Is The Greatest Benefit That Can Be Conferred Upon Mankind. It Prolongs Life Itself, And Enlarges The Sphere Of Existence.