I Hear You Have Abolitionists Here. We

I Am A Firm Believer In The People. If Given The Truth, They Can Be Depended Upon To Meet Any National Crisis. The Great Point Is To Bring Them The Real Facts.

Next Came The Patent Laws. These Began In England In 1624; And, In This Country, With The Adoption Of Our Constitution. Before Then [these?], Any Man Might Instantly Use What Another Had Invented; So That The Inventor Had No Special Advantage From His Own Invention. The Patent System Changed This; Secured To The Inventor, For A Limited Time, The Exclusive Use Of His Invention; And Thereby Added The Fuel Of Interest To The Fire Of Genius, In The Discovery And Production Of New And Useful Things.

I Never Had A Policy; I Have Just Tried To Do My Very Best Each And Every Day.

The Best Thing About The Future Is That It Comes One Day At A Time.

With The Fearful Strain That Is On Me Night And Day, If I Did Not Laugh I Should Die.