Tis Hard To Live In

In America The Taint Of Sectarianism Lies Broad Upon The Land. Not Content With Acknowledging The Supremacy As The Diety, And With Erecting Temples In His Honor, Where All Can Bow Down With Reverence, The Pride And Vanity Of Human Reason Enter Into And Pollute Our Worship, And The Houses That Should Be Of God And For God, Alone, Where He Is To Be Honored With Submissive Faith, Are Too Often Merely Schools Of Metaphysical And Useless Distinctions. The Nation Is Sectarian, Rather Than Christian.

The Americans... Are Almost Ignorant Of The Art Of Music, One Of The Most Elevating, Innocent And Refining Of Human Tastes, Whose Influence On The Habits And Morals Of A People Is Of The Most Beneficial Tendency.

Party Leads To Vicious, Corrupt And Unprofitable Legislation, For The Sole Purpose Of Defeating Party.

At No Period Of The Naval History Of The World, Is It Probable That Marines Were More Important Than During The War Of The Revolution.

The Expanse Of The Ocean Is Seldom Seen By The Novice With Indifference.