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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!

Benjamin Rush

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.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Animal Men Taken
The art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.
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Art Healing Medicine
The Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.
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Constitution Privilege Religious Special
I anticipate the Day when to command Respect in the remotest Regions it will be sufficient to say I am an American.
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Anticipate Command Freedom
Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
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Frozen Hot Water
Mania’s premonitory signs are unusual acts of extravagance, manifested by the purchase of houses, and certain expensive and unnecessary articles of furniture.
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Bipolar Extravagance House
Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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Controversy Errors Fear
Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and… in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and happy.
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Patriotic Perfect Wise
Without the restraints of religion and social worship, men become savages much sooner than savages become civilized by means of religion and civil government.
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Mean Men Savages
Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship to restrict the art of healing to one class of Men and deny equal privileges to others.
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Art Dictatorship Religious Time
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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Bible Reading School
By withholding the knowledge of [the Scriptures] from children, we deprive ourselves of the best means of awakening moral sensibility in their minds.
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Children Mean Mind
A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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Christian Failing Republican
I do not believe that the Constitution was the offspring of inspiration, but I am as satisfied that it is as much the work of a Divine Providence as any of the miracles recorded in the Old and New Testament.
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Believe Inspiration Patriotic
I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.
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Alternate Call Christocrat Democrat
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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Justice Patriotism Support

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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