I Humble Myself Before God,

To Secede From The Union And Set Up Another Government Would Cause War. If You Go To War With The United States, You Will Never Conquer Her, As She Has The Money And The Men. If She Does Not Whip You By Guns, Powder, And Steel, She Will Starve You To Death. It Will Take The Flower Of The Country - The Young Men.

The Benefits Of Education And Of Useful Knowledge, Generally Diffused Through A Community, Are Essential To The Preservation Of A Free Government.

Bear In Mind...that All Histories From The Rock At Plymouth, And Jamestown To The Present Time, Have Been Made By White Men, And A Man Who Tells His Own Story, Is Always Right Until The Adversary's Tale Is Told.

I Would Not Be Gotten Into A Schoolhouse Until I Was Eight Years Old. Nor Did I Accomplish Much After I Started. I Doubt If I Had Gone To School Six Months In All When My Father Died. I Was Fourteen At The Time.

I Would Give No Thought Of What The World Might Say Of Me, If I Could Only Transmit To Posterity The Reputation Of An Honest Man.