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September 30.

A government like ours rests upon the intelligence, morality, and patriotism of the people.

October I.

The preservation of public order, the right of discussion, the integrity of courts and the orderly administration of justice must continue forever the rock of safety upon which our government securely

rests.

October 2.

Our faith teaches that there is no safer reliance than upon the God of our fathers, who has so singularly favored the American people.

October 3.

But the government of the United States cannot create something out of

nothing, and the man or party that teaches that doctrine teaches a false doctrine.

October 4.

In the distant period of its settlement, in the days of the Revolution, in the trials of Western pioneer life, during the more recent but dread days of our civil war, and, indeed, in every step of our progress as a nation, the devotion and sacrifices of woman were constantly apparent and often conspicuous.

October 5.

Our flag has never waved over any community but in blessing.

October 6.

In this era of great business activity and opportunity caution is not untimely.

It will not abate, but strengthen, confidence. It will not retard, but promote, legitimate industrial and commercial expansion.

October 7.

Who can estimate the value of missionaries to the progress of nations? Their contribution to the onward and upward march of humanity is beyond all calculation.

October 8.

A disordered currency is the most effectual of inventions to fertilize the rich man's fields with the sweat of the poor man's brow.

October 9.

The mints will not furnish the farmer

with more consumers. He has the most profitable market for what he produces at home and not abroad.

October 10.

We are now at peace with the world, and it is my fervent prayer that hereafter we may be spared the horrors of war.

October II.

The faith of the fathers was a mighty force in its creation, and the faith of their descendants has wrought its progress and furnished its defenders.

October 12.

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed; peace is preferable to war in almost every contingency.

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