Every man should endeavor to belong to himself. It is better to be a whole farmer than part of a mechanic. Nothing is ever made by rascality. One good school-master is worth a thousand priests. A lie will not fit a fact. Out in the intellectual sea there is room for every sail. An honest God is the noblest work of man. To plow is to pray. Progress is born of courage. Fear paralyzes the brain. DEFINITIONS. A King is a non-producing thief, sitting on a throne, surrounded by vermin. Whiskey is the son of villainies, the father of all crimes, the mother of all abominations, the devil's best friend, and God's worst enemy. An Orthodox Man is a gentleman petrified in his mind. Heresy is a cradle. Orthodoxy is a coffin. Chicago is a marvel of energy, a miracle of nerva The Pulpit is a pillory. Theology is a superstition. Humanity is the only religion. A Republican is a man who loves something. A Democrat is a man who hates something. Germany is the Land of Science. Civilization is the Child of Forethought Prejudice is the Child of Ignorance. Infidelity is Liberty. Religion is Slavery. BELIEFS. I believe in absolute intellectual liberty. I believe in American labor. I believe in the democracy of the fireside, in the republicanism of the home. I believe in liberty, always and everywhere. I believe in truth, in investigation, in forethought. I believe in the gospel of education, of cheerfulness, of justice and intelligence.