There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.
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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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Bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind: for your pocket-book not only suffers by it, but your preparations are lost and a season passes away unimproved.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.
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