“We profess to be republicans, and yet we neglect the only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government; that is, the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible; for this divine book, above all others, favors that equality among mankind, that respect for just laws, and all those sober and frugal virtues which constitute the soul of republicanism.” MeanBookSoulGovernmentFormLawChristianityPrinciplesVirtueMankindYouthDivineRepublicanUniversalFavorsNeglectSoberForms Of GovernmentFrugalChristianity From Founding FathersPerpetuatingRepublicanismUniversal Education Book:Essays: Literary, Moral and Philosophical Source: Essays: Literary, Moral and Philosophical
“Impostor; do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance; she, good cateress, Means her provision only to the good, That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare temperance.” IfsShouldMeanChildrenLawHolyInnocentAbundanceSparesSoberProvisionTemperance Book:I. Prose Works: Poetical works. II. Source: I. Prose Works: Poetical works. II.
“I mean, the more a man was in the Devil's power, the less he would be aware of it, on the principle that a man is still fairly sober as long as he knows he's drunk.” KnowsMenMeanLongStillsWould BePrinciplesDevilDrunkSober Book:God in the Dock Source: God in the Dock
“Poverty is never dishonourable in itself, but only when it is a mark of sloth, intemperance, extravagance, or thoughtlessness. When, on the other hand, it is the handmaid of a sober, industrious, righteous, and brave man, who devotes all his powers to the service of the people, it is the sign of a lofty spirit that harbours no mean thoughts” PeopleMenMeanHandsSpiritPovertyMarkBraveRighteousSoberLoftySlothBrave ManExtravaganceIndustriousHarbourIntemperanceHandmaidsThoughtlessness Author:Plutarch