The clergy know that I know that they know that they do not know

I found that the clergy did not understand their own book

The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not

There is not in all the pulpits ingenuity enough to harmonize these ignorant and stupid contradictions

If the account given in Genesis is really true, ought we not, after all, to thank this serpent? He was the first schoolmaster, the first advocate of learning, the first enemy of ignorance, the first to whisper in human ears the sacred word liberty,

Homes make patriots. He who has sat by his own fireside with wife and children will defend it. Few men have been patriotic enough to shoulder a musket in defense of a boarding house. The prosperity and glory of our country depend upon the number of people who are the owners of homes.