"And cursed shall be the seed of him that mixeth with their seed; for they shall be cursed even with the same cursing."

"I am a man of virtue, and I will be virtuous in all things."

"I have the oldest Bible in the world; I have examined it, and there is nothing in it that conflicts with the revelations of God."

"God did not make the earth out of nothing—for it is contrary to a rational mind and reason that a something could be brought from a nothing."

"I combat the errors of ages; I meet the violence of mobs; I cope with illegal proceedings from executive authority; I cut the Gordian knot of powers, and I solve mathematical problems of universities,…"