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If Moral Precepts Alone Could Have Reformed Mankind, The Mission Of The Son Of God Into All The World Would Have Been Unnecessary. The Perfect Morality Of The Gospel Rests Upon The Doctrine Which, Though Often Controverted Has Never Been Refuted: I Mean The Vicarious Life And Death Of The Son Of God.

Patriotism Is As Much A Virtue As Justice, And Is As Necessary For The Support Of Societies As Natural Affection Is For The Support Of Families. The Amor Patriae Love Of Ones Country Is Both A Moral Duty And A Religious Duty. It Comprehends Not Only The Love Of Our Neighbors But Of Millions Of Our Fellow Creatures, Not Only Of The Present But Of Future Generations. This Virtue We Find Constitutes A Part Of The First Characters Of History.

Unless We Put Medical Freedom Into The Constitution, The Time Will Come When Medicine Will Organize Into An Undercover Dictatorship To Restrict The Art Of Healing To One Class Of Men And Deny Equal Privileges To Others; The Constitution Of The Republic Should Make A Special Privilege For Medical Freedoms As Well As Religious Freedom.

Such Is My Veneration For Every Religion That Reveals The Attributes Of The Deity, Or A Future State Of Rewards And Punishments, That I Had Rather See The Opinions Of Confucius Or Mahomed Inculcated Upon Our Youth Than See Them Grow Up Wholly Devoid Of A System Of Religious Principles.

The Only Foundation For . . . A Republic Is To Be Laid In Religion. Without This There Can Be No Virtue, And Without Virtue There Can Be No Liberty, And Liberty Is The Object And Life Of All Republican Governments.