It Is A Besetting Vice Of Democracies

New York Is Essentially National In Interest, Position, Pursuits. No One Thinks Of The Place As Belonging To A Particular State, But To The United States.

I Do Not Pretend That All That White Men Do Is Properly Christianized.

I've Heard It Said That There Are Men Who Read In Books To Convince Themselves There Is A God. I Know Not But Man May So Deform His Works In The Settlements, As To Leave That Which Is So Clear In The Wilderness A Matter Of Doubt Among Traders And Priests.

Slavery Is No More Sinful, By The Christian Code, Than It Is Sinful To Wear A Whole Coat, While Another Is In Tatters, To Eat A Better Meal Than A Neighbor, Or Otherwise To Enjoy Ease And Plenty, While Our Fellow Creatures Are Suffering And In Want.

Hope Is The Most Treacherous Of All Human Fancies.