Tortured For The Republic.

I Am Trying To Do Two Things: Dare To Be A Radical And Not A Fool, Which Is A Matter Of No Small Difficulty.

Territory Is But The Body Of A Nation. The People Who Inhabit Its Hills And Valleys Are Its Soul, Its Spirit, Its Life.

The Best System Of Education Is That Which Draws Its Chief Support From The Voluntary Effort Of The Community, From The Individual Efforts Of Citizens, And From Those Burdens Of Taxation Which They Voluntarily Impose Upon Themselves.

[science] Is The Literature Of God Written On The Stars-the Trees-the Rocks-and More Important Because [of] Its Marked Utilitarian Character.

It Is The High Privilege And Sacred Duty Of Those Now Living To Educate Their Successors And Fit Them, By Intelligence And Virtue, For The Inheritance Which Awaits Them.