It is the duty of every American citizen to take part in a vigorous debate on the issues of the day.

I steer my bark with Hope in the head$$$ leaving Fear astern. My hopes$$$ indeed$$$ sometimes fail; but not oftener than the forebodings of the gloomy.

Even in Europe a change has sensibly taken place in the mind of man. Science has liberated the ideas of those who read and reflect$$$ and the American example has kindled feelings of right in the people.

Self-love is no part of morality. Indeed it is exactly its counterpart. It is the sole antagonist of virtue leading us constantly by our propensities to self-gratification in violation of our moral duties to others.

That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all$$$ and not to the few or the rich alone.

This institution will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead$$$ nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.

...as we advance in life these things fall off one by one$$$ and I suspect we are left with only Homer and Virgil$$$ perhaps with only Homer alone.

In a republican nation$$$ whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force$$$ the art of reasoning becomes of first importance.

I have lived temperately$$$ eating little animal food$$$ and that not as an aliment$$$ so much as a condiment for the vegetables$$$ which constitute my principal diet.

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth$$$ no culture comparable to that of the garden...But though an old man$$$ I am but a young gardener.