America Does Not Go Abroad In Search

The Attainment Of Knowledge Is The High And Exclusive Attribute Of Man, Among The Numberless Myriads Of Animated Beings, Inhabitants Of The Terrestrial Globe. On Him Alone Is Bestowed, By The Bounty Of The Creator Of The Universe, The Power And The Capacity Of Acquiring Knowledge. Knowledge Is The Attribute Of His Nature Which At Once Enables Him To Improve His Condition Upon Earth, And To Prepare Him For The Enjoyment Of A Happier Existence Hereafter.

It Is By A Thorough Knowledge Of The Whole Subject That [people] Are Enabled To Judge Correctly Of The Past And To Give A Proper Direction To The Future.

Is It Not That, In The Chain Of Human Events, The Birthday Of The Nation Is Indissolubly Linked With The Birthday Of The Saviour?

The Bible Carries With It The History Of The Creation, The Fall And Redemption Of Man, And Discloses To Him, In The Infant Born At Bethlehem, The Legislator And Savior Of The World.

I Appear, My Fellow-citizens, In Your Presence And In That Of Heaven To Bind Myself By The Solemnities Of Religious Obligation To The Faithful Performance Of The Duties Allotted To Me In The Station To Which I Have Been Called.