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What A Man Has Honestly Acquired Is Absolutely His Own, Which He May Freely Give, But Cannot Be Taken From Him Without His Consent.

I Cannot However Help Repeating Piety, Because I Think It Indispensible. Religion In A Family Is At Once Its Brightest Ornament & Its Best Security.

[m]en Will Be Free No Longer Then While They Remain Virtuous.

Could I Be Assured That America Would Remain Virtuous, I Would Venture To Defy The Utmost Efforts Of Enemies To Subjugate Her.

The Necessity Of The Times, More Than Ever, Calls For Our Utmost Circumspection, Deliberation, Fortitude, And Perseverance.