while they are satisfied
with it and refuse to change it, who has given or who can give to the
State legislatures a right to alter it, either by interference,
construction, or otherwise?--_From a Speech delivered in the United States
Senate_, _January 26, 1830._

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America has furnished to the world the character of Washington. And if our
American institutions had done nothing else, that alone would have
entitled them to the respect of mankind.--_From Speech on the Completion
of Bunker Hill Monument_, _June 17, 1843._

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He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of
revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it
sprung upon its feet.--_Speech on Hamilton_, _March 10, 1831._

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When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers therefore are the
founders of human civilization.--From "_Remarks on Agriculture,_" _January
13, 1840._

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Labor in this country is independent and proud. It has not to ask the
patronage of capital, but capital solicits the aid of labor.--_Speech_,
_April 1824._

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There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is
confession.--_From Argument on the Murder of Captain White_, _April 6,
1830._

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Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart
to this vote.--_Eulogy on Adams and Jefferson_, _August 2, 1826._

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God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to
guard and defend it.--_Speech_, _June 3, 1834._

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Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.--_From a
Speech at Plymouth_, _December 22, 1820._

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One country, one constitution, one destiny.--_Speech_, _March 15, 1837._

VAGARIES OF MATHEMATICS.

"As dull as arithmetic" is a phrase that is familiar to almost every
schoolboy, and is a figure of comparison that is frequently evoked by
those sages who hold down empty cracker-boxes in rural general stores. The
fact is, however, that arithmetic is not always half so dull as it looks.
Like some of those persons who earn a livelihood by teaching it to the
young, it has a dry humor and a f