Knowledge Is A Mimic Creation.

Deeds Survive The Doers.

The Experience Of The Ages That Are Past, The Hopes Of The Ages That Are Yet To Come, Unite Their Voices In An Appeal To Us;– They Implore Us To Think More Of The Character Of Our People Than Of Its Numbers; To Look Upon Our Vast Natural Resources, Not As Tempters To Ostentation And Pride, But As Means To Be Converted By The Refining Alchemy Of Education Into Mental And Spiritual Treasures; ...and Thus Give To The World The Example Of A Nation Whose Wisdom Increases With Its Prosperity, And Whose Virtues Are Equal To Its Power.

Man Is Improvable. Some People Think He Is Only A Machine, And That The Only Difference Between A Man And A Mill Is, That One Is Carried By Blood And The Other By Water.

Superiority To Circumstances Is One Of The Most Prominent Characteristics Of Great Men.

If You Can Express Yourself So As To Be Perfectly Understood In Ten Words, Never Use A Dozen.