By withholding the knowledge of [the Scriptures] from children, we deprive ourselves of the best means of awakening moral sensibility in their minds.
BENJAMIN RUSHMirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy in his natural state, ’till he returns to them again.
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Terror acts powerfully upon the body, through the medium of the mind, and should be employed in the cure of madness.
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If we were to remove the Bible from public schools we would be wasting so much time punishing crimes and taking so little pains to prevent them.
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Let us show the world that a difference of opinion upon medical subjects is not incompatible with medical friendships; and in so doing, let us throw the whole odium of the hostility of physicians to each other upon their competition for business and money.
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Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.
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The Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.
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A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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By renouncing the Bible, philosophers swing from their moorings upon all moral subjects..It is the only correct map of the human heart that ever has been published.
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The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools.
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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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The gospel of Jesus Christ prescribes the wisest rules for just conduct in every situation in life. Happy they who are enabled to obey them in all situations!
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