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[why] Should Not The Bible Regain The Place It Once Held As A School Book? Its Morals Are Pure, Its Examples Captivating And Noble. The Reverence For The Sacred Book That Is Thus Early Impressed Lasts Long; And Probably If Not Impressed In Infancy, Never Takes Firm Hold Of The Mind.

The Gentleman Puts Me In Mind Of An Old Hen Which Persists In Setting After Her Eggs Are Taken Away.

I Am Commonly Opposed To Those Who Modestly Assume The Rank Of Champions Of Liberty, And Make A Very Patriotic Noise About The People. It Is The Stale Artifice Which Has Duped The World A Thousand Times, And Yet, Though Detected, It Is Still Successful. I Love Liberty As Well As Anybody. I Am Proud Of It, As The True Title Of Our People To Distinction Above Others; But . . . I Would Guard It By Making The Laws Strong Enough To Protect It.

[the Framers Of The Constitution] Intended Our Government Should Be A Republic, Which Differs More Widely From A Democracy Than A Democracy From A Despotism.

The Gentleman Puts Me In Mind Of An Old Hen Which Persists In Setting After Her Eggs Are Taken Away.