The Gates Of Hell Shall

Dissections Daily Convince Us Of Our Ignorance Of The Seats Of Diseases, And Cause Us To Blush At Our Prescriptions. How Often Are We Disappointed In Our Expectation From The Most Certain And Powerful Of Our Remedies, By The Negligence Or Obstinacy Of Our Patients! What Mischief Have We Done Under The Belief Of False Facts And False Theories! We Have Assisted In Multiplying Diseases. We Have Done More — We Have Increased Their Mortality.

The Only Foundation For . . . A Republic Is To Be Laid In Religion. Without This There Can Be No Virtue, And Without Virtue There Can Be No Liberty, And Liberty Is The Object And Life Of All Republican Governments.

I Grant This Mode Of Secluding Boys From The Intercourse Of Private Families Has A Tendency To Make Them Scholars, But Our Business Is To Make Them Men, Citizens, And Christians. The Vices Of Young People Are Generally Learned From Each Other. The Vices Of Adults Seldom Infect Them. By Separating Them From Each Other, Therefore, In Their Hours Of Relaxation From Study, We Secure Their Morals From A Principal Source Of Corruption, While We Improve Their Manners By Subjecting Them To Those Restraints Which The Difference Of Age And Sex Naturally Produce In Private Families.

The American War Is Over, But This Is Far From Being The Case With The American Revolution.

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.