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In Such A Performance You May Lay The Foundation Of National Happiness Only In Religion, Not By Leaving It Doubtful "whether Morals Can Exist Without It," But By Asserting That Without Religion Morals Are The Effects Of Causes As Purely Physical As Pleasant Breezes And Fruitful Seasons.

The Business Of Education Has Lay[ed] The Foundations For Nurseries Of Wise And Good Men, To Adapt Our Modes Of Teaching To The Peculiar Form Of Our Government . . . . He Must Be Taught To Love His Fellow Creatures In Every Part Of The World, But He Must Cherish With A More Intense And Peculiar Affection The Citizens Of Pennsylvania And Of The United States.

While The Business Of Education In Europe Consists In Lectures Upon The Ruins Of Palmyra And The Antiquities Of Herculaneum , Or In Disputes About Hebrew Points, Greek Particles, Or The Accent And Quantity Of The Roman Language, The Youth Of America Will Be Employed In Acquiring Those Branches Of Knowledge Which Increase The Conveniences Of Life.

Without The Restraints Of Religion And Social Worship, Men Become Savages Much Sooner Than Savages Become Civilized By Means Of Religion And Civil Government.

In Macbeth A Lady Is Restrained From The Murder Of A King By His Resemblance Of Her Father As He Slept. Should Not All Men Be Restrained From Acts Of Violence And Even Of Unkindness Against Their Fellow Men By Observing In Them Something Which Resembles The Savior Of The World? If Nothing Else Certainly, A Human Figure?