We Begin Our Public Affection

Among A People Generally Corrupt Liberty Cannot Long Exist.

Old Religious Factions Are Volcanoes Burned Out; On The Lava And Ashes And Squalid Scoriae Of Old Eruptions Grow The Peaceful Olive, The Cheering Vine And The Sustaining Corn.

Hypocrisy Is No Cheap Vice; Nor Can Our Natural Temper Be Masked For Many Years Together.

What Shadows We Are, And What Shadows We Pursue!

Nobility Is A Graceful Ornament To The Civil Order. It Is The Corinthian Capital Of Polished Society.