Law Without Education Is A Dead Letter.

Let Me Assure My Countrymen Of The Southern States That It Is My Earnest Desire To Regard And Promote Their Truest Interest - The Interests Of The White And Of The Colored People Both And Equally And To Put Forth My Best Efforts In Behalf Of A Civil Policy Which Will Forever Wipe Out In Our Political Affairs The Color Line And The Distinction Between North And South, To The End That We May Have Not Merely A United North Or A United South, But A United Country.

All Appointments Hurt. Five Friends Are Made Cold Or Hostile For Every Appointment; No New Friends Are Made. All Patronage Is Perilous To Men Of Real Ability Or Merit. It Aids Only Those Who Lack Other Claims To Public Support.

I Hope You Will Be Benefitted By Your Churchgoing. Where The Habit Does Not Christianize, It Generally Civilizes. That Is Reason Enough For Supporting Churches, If There Were No Higher.

The Unrestricted Competition So Commonly Advocated Does Not Leave Us The Survival Of The Fittest. The Unscrupulous Succeed Best In Accumulating Wealth.

The Man Of Large And Conspicuous Public Service In Civil Life Must Be Content Without The Presidency. Still More, The Availability Of A Popular Man In A Doubtful State Will Secure Him The Prize In A Close Contest Against The First Statesman Of The Country Whose State Is Safe.