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Religion Is The Only Solid Base Of Morals And That Morals Are The Only Possible Support Of Free Governments.

The Reflection And Experience Of Many Years Have Led Me To Consider The Holy Writings Not Only As The Most Authentic And Instructive In Themselves, But As The Clue To All Other History. They Tell Us What Man Is, And They Alone Tell Us Why He Is What He Is: A Contradictory Creature That Seeing And Approving Of What Is Good, Pursues And Performs What Is Evil. All Of Private And Public Life Is There Displayed. ... From The Same Pure Fountain Of Wisdom We Learn That Vice Destroys Freedom; That Arbitrary Power Is Founded On Public Immorality.

Religion Is The Solid Basis Of Good Morals; Therefore Education Should Teach The Precepts Of Religion, And The Duties Of Man Toward God.

Nine-tenths Of The People Are At Present Freeholders... The Time Is Not Distant When This Country Will Abound With Mechanics And Manufacturers Who Will Receive Their Bread From Their Employers. Will Such Men Be The Secure And Faithful Guardians Of Liberty? Give The Votes To People Who Have No Property, And They Will Sell Them To The Rich Who Will Be Able To Buy Them.

Religion Is The Only Solid Basis Of Good Morals; Therefore Education Should Teach The Precepts Of Religion, And The Duties Of Man Toward God. These Duties Are, Internally, Love And Adoration: Externally, Devotion And Obedience; Therefore Provision Should Be Made For Maintaining Divine Worship As Well As Education. But Each One Has A Right To Entire Liberty As To Religious Opinions, For Religion Is The Relation Between God And Man; Therefore It Is Not Within The Reach Of Human Authority.