Charles Sumner: “I can never cease to be most unfeignedly thankful that I was not born in a land of slaves.”

Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.

Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.

Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.

Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.