Temperate, Sincere, And Intelligent Inquiry And Discussion

We Profess To Be Republicans, And Yet We Neglect The Only Means Of Establishing And Perpetuating Our Republican Forms Of Government; That Is, The Universal Education Of Our Youth In The Principles Of Christianity By Means Of The Bible; For This Divine Book, Above All Others, Favors That Equality Among Mankind, That Respect For Just Laws, And All Those Sober And Frugal Virtues Which Constitute The Soul Of Republicanism.

Mirth, And Even Cheerfulness, When Employed As Remedies In Low Spirits, Are Like Hot Water To A Frozen Limb.

Were I Disposed To Consider The Comparative Merit Of Each Of Them [facts Or Theories In Medical Practice], I Should Derive Most Of The Evils Of Medicine From Supposed Facts, And Ascribe All The Remedies Which Have Been Uniformly And Extensively Useful, To Such Theories As Are True. Facts Are Combined And Rendered Useful Only By Means Of Theories, And The More Disposed Men Are To Reason, The More Minute And Extensive They Become In Their Observations

Freedom Can Exist Only In The Society Of Knowledge. Without Learning, Men Are Incapable Of Knowing Their Rights.

Let Our Pupil Be Taught That He Does Not Belong To Himself, But That He Is Public Property ... He Must Be Taught To Amass Wealth, But It Must Be Only To Increase His Power Of Contributing To The Wants And Demands Of The State... [education] Can Be Done Effectually Only By The Interference And Aid Of The Legislature.