Whoever Tells The Best Story Wins.

The Law Given From Sinai Was A Civil And Municipal As Well As A Moral And Religious Code; It Contained Many Statutes . . . Of Universal Application-laws Essential To The Existence Of Men In Society, And Most Of Which Have Been Enacted By Every Nation Which Ever Professed Any Code Of Laws.

[america's] Glory Is Not Dominion, But Liberty. Her March Is The March Of The Mind. She Has A Spear And A Shield: But The Motto Upon Her Shield Is Freedom, Independence, Peace. This Has Been Her Declaration: This Has Been, As Far As Her Necessary Intercourse With The Rest Of Mankind Would Permit, Her Practice.

Death Fixes Forever The Relation Existing Between The Departed Spirit And The Survivors Upon Earth.

The Inconsistency Of The Institution Of Domestic Slavery With The Principles Of The Declaration Of Independence Was Seen And Lamented . . . No Insincerity Or Hypocrisy Can Be Fairly Laid To Their Charge. Never From Their Lips Was Heard One Syllable Of Attempt To Justify The Institution Of Slavery. They Universally Considered It As A Reproach Fastened Upon Them By The Unnatural Step-mother Country And They Saw That Before The Principles Of The Declaration Of Independence Slavery, In Common With Every Other Mode Of Oppression, Was Destined Sooner Or Later To Be Banished From The Earth.

May Our Country Be Always Successful, But Whether Successful Or Otherwise, Always Right.