Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other.
Love of country is like love of woman – he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.
No one can fail to see that the power of the Church among large numbers in many communities is today diminishing, or has already ceased.
No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.
Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost.