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  1. All see, and most admire, the glare which hovers round the external trappings of elevated office. To me there is nothing in it, beyond the …
  2. Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the mo…
  3. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
  4. We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth & reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition, …
  5. The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for giving to Mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal p…
  6. When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly.
  7. Impressed with a conviction that the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good Government, I have considered the first ar…
  8. Rise early, that by habit it may become familiar, agreeable, healthy, and profitable. It may, for a while, be irksome to do this, but that …

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