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The Origin Of The Political Relations Between The United States And France Is Coeval With The First Years Of Our Independence. The Memory Of It Is Interwoven With That Of Our Arduous Struggle For National Existence. Weakened As It Has Occasionally Been Since That Time, It Can By Us Never Be Forgotten, And We Should Hail With Exultation The Moment Which Should Indicate A Recollection Equally Friendly In Spirit On The Part Of France.

Human Life, From The Cradle To The Grave, Is A School. At Every Period Of His Existence Man Wants A Teacher. His Pilgrimage Upon Earth Is But A Term Of Childhood, In Which He Is To Be Educated For The Manhood Of A Brighter World. As The Child Must Be Educated For Manhood Upon Earth, So The Man Must Be Educated Upon Earth, For Heaven; And Finally That Where The Foundation Is Not Laid In Time, The Superstructure Can Not Rise For Eternity.

It Is By A Thorough Knowledge Of The Whole Subject That [people] Are Enabled To Judge Correctly Of The Past And To Give A Proper Direction To The Future.

The First And Almost The Only Book Deserving Of Universal Attention Is The Bible.

To Furnish The Means Of Acquiring Knowledge Is The Greatest Benefit That Can Be Conferred Upon Mankind. It Prolongs Life Itself, And Enlarges The Sphere Of Existence.