[w]here There Is No Law, There Is

It Would Seem From This Fact, That Man Is Naturally A Wild Animal, And That When Taken From The Woods, He Is Never Happy In His Natural State, 'till He Returns To Them Again.

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

There Is But One Method Of Rendering A Republican Form Of Government Durable, And That Is By Disseminating The Seeds Of Virtue And Knowledge Through Every Part Of The State By Means Of Proper Places And Modes Of Education And This Can Be Done Effectively Only By The Aid Of The Legislature.

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.

'tis Done. We Have Become A Nation.