True Love Is The Parent

Precept Is Instruction Written In The Sand; The Tide Flows Over It And The Record Is Gone; Example Is Graven On The Rock, And The Lesson Is Not Soon Lost.

O God, Animate Us To Cheerfulness! May We Have A Joyful Sense Of Our Blessings, Learn To Look On The Bright Circumstances Of Our Lot, And Maintain A Perpetual Contentedness

The Spirit Of Liberty Is Not Merely, As Multitudes Imagine, A Jealousy Of Our Own Particular Rights, But A Respect For The Rights Of Others, And An Unwillingness That Any Man, Whether High Or Low, Should Be Wronged And Trampled Under Foot.

To Be Prosperous Is Not To Be Superior, And Should Form No Barrier Between Men. Wealth Out Not To Secure The Prosperous The Slightest Consideration. The Only Distinctions Which Should Be Recognized Are Those Of The Soul, Of Strong Principle, Of Incorruptible Integrity, Of Usefulness, Of Cultivated Intellect, Of Fidelity In Seeking The Truth.

It Is Chiefly Through Books That We Enjoy Intercourse With The Superior Minds, And These Invaluable Means Of Communication Are In Reach Of All. In The Best Books, Great Men Talk To Us, Give Us Their Most Precious Thoughts, And Pour Their Souls Into Ours. God Be Thanked For Books. They Are The Voices Of The Distant And The Dead, And Make Us Heirs Of The Spiritual Life Of Past Ages. Books Are True Levellers. They Give To All, Who Faithfully Use Them, The Society, The Spiritual Presence Of The Best And Greatest Of Our Race.