Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
BENJAMIN RUSHPatriotism 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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Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
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The art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.
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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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We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
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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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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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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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Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them.
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The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
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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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As the War Office of the United States was established in a time of peace, it is equally reasonable that a Peace Office should be established in a time of War.
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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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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 Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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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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