The Most Noticeable Weakness Of Congressmen Is

General Education Is The Best Preventive Of The Evils Now Most Dreaded. In The Civilized Countries Of The World, The Question Is How To Distribute Most Generally And Equally The Property Of The World. As A Rule, Where Education Is Most General The Distribution Of Property Is Most General.... As Knowledge Spreads, Wealth Spreads. To Diffuse Knowledge Is To Diffuse Wealth. To Give All An Equal Chance To Acquire Knowledge Is The Best And Surest Way To Give All An Equal Chance To Acquire Property.

There Can Be No Complete And Permanent Reform Of The Civil Service Until Public Opinion Emancipates Congressmen From All Control And Influence Over Government Patronage. Legislation Is Required To Establish The Reform. No Proper Legislation Is To Be Expected As Long As Members Of Congress Are Engaged In Procuring Offices For Their Constituents.

Every Age Has Its Temptations, Its Weaknesses, Its Dangers. Ours Is In The Line Of The Snobbish And The Sordid.

The Melancholy Thing In Our Public Life Is The Insane Desire To Get Higher.

A Few Ideas Seem To Be Agreed Upon. Help None But Those Who Help Themselves. Educate Only At Schools Which Provide In Some Form For Industrial Education. These Two Points Should Be Insisted Upon. Let The Normal Instruction Be That Men Must Earn Their Own Living, And That By The Labor Of Their Hands As Far As May Be. This Is The Gospel Of Salvation For The Colored Man. Let The Labor Not Be Servile, But In Manly Occupations Like That Of The Carpenter, The Farmer, And The Blacksmith.