All This Has Been My Fault.

The Framers Of Our Constitution Never Exhausted So Much Labor, Wisdom, And Forbearance In Its Formation, And Surrounded It With So Many Guards And Securities, If It Was Intended To Be Broken By Every Member Of The Confederacy At Will.

While We See The Course Of The Final Abolition Of Human Slavery Is Onward, & We Give It The Aid Of Our Prayers & All Justifiable Means In Our Power, We Must Leave The Progress As Well As The Result In His Hands Who Sees The End; Who Chooses To Work By Slow Influences; & With Whom Two Thousand Years Are But As A Single Day.

It Is Easier To Make Our Wishes Conform To Our Means Than To Make Our Means Conform To Our Wishes.

I Pray That On This Day [christmas] When Only Peace And Good-will Are Preached To Mankind, Better Thoughts May Fill The Hearts Of Our Enemies And Turn Them To Peace.

There Are Things In The Old Book Which I May Not Be Able To Explain, But I Fully Accept It As The Infallible Word Of God, And Receive Its Teachings As Inspired By The Holy Spirit.