The Natural Progress Of Things Is For

Where A New Invention Promises To Be Useful, It Ought To Be Tried.

A Superintending Power To Maintain The Universe In Its Course And Order.

The Qualifications For Self-government In Society Are Not Innate. They Are The Result Of Habit And Long Training.

I Have Often Thought That Nothing Would Do More Extensive Good At Small Expense Than The Establishment Of A Small Circulating Library In Every County, To Consist Of A Few Well-chosen Books, To Be Lent To The People Of The Country Under Regulations As Would Secure Their Safe Return In Due Time.

When We Consider How Much Climate Contributes To The Happiness Of Our Condition, By The Fine Sensation It Excites, And The Productions It Is The Parent Of, We Have Reason To Value Highly The Accident Of Birth In Such A One As That Of Virginia.