Whether To The Nation Or

To A Man Of Liberal Education, The Study Of History Is Not Only Useful, And Important, But Altogether Indispensable, And With Regard To The History Contained In The Bible ...it Is Not So Much Praiseworthy To Be Acquainted With As It Is Shameful To Be Ignorant Of It.

The Influence Of Each Human Being On Others In This Life Is A Kind Of Immortality.

America, With The Same Voice Which Spoke Herself Into Existence As A Nation, Proclaimed To Mankind The Inextinguishable Rights Of Human Nature, And The Only Lawful Foundations Of Government.

The Constitution Had Provided That All The Public Functionaries Of The Union...should Be Under Oath Or Affirmation For Its Support. The Homage Of Religious Faith Was Thus Superadded To All The Obligations Of Temporal Law To Give It Strength.

Civil Liberty Can Be Established On No Foundation Of Human Reason Which Will Not At The Same Time Demonstrate The Right Of Religious Freedom.