Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property. Let him be taught to love his family, but let him be taught at the same time that he must forsake and even forget them when the welfare of his country requires it.
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More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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A belief in God’s universal love to all his creatures, and that he will finally restore all of them that are miserable to happiness, is a polar truth. . . It establishes the equality of [humanity]. . .
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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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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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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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Now if the study of the Scriptures be necessary to our happiness at any time in our life, the sooner we begin to read them, the more we shall be attached to them.
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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
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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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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
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