It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn. The true object of juvenile education, is to provide, against the age of five and twenty, a mind well regulated,…

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The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal...

The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal...

My thoughts will be taken up with the future or the past, with what is...

My thoughts will be taken up with the future or the past, with what is...

Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect...

Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect...

Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the...

Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the...

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

God himself has no right to be a tyrant.

God himself has no right to be a tyrant.

The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the...

The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the...

There is reverence that we owe to everything in human shape.

There is reverence that we owe to everything in human shape.

Everything understood by the term co-operation is in some sense an evil.

Everything understood by the term co-operation is in some sense an evil.

There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and...

There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and...

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows...

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows...

One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings...

One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings...

What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent...

What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent...

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is...

In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is...

To him it is an ocean, unfathomable, and without a shore.

To him it is an ocean, unfathomable, and without a shore.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act...

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act...

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to...

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to...

If a thing be really good, it can be shown to be such.

If a thing be really good, it can be shown to be such.

The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud...

The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud...