A nation, like a tree, does not thrive well till it is engrafted with a foreign stock.

“Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of everyone of its memb…”

“Life lies behind us as the quarry from whence we get tiles and copestones for t…”

“For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?”

“Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to t…”