"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the Divinity its…"

"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature."

"My life has been a scene of constant drudgery and toil; I have no property, and no prospect of acquiring any."

"I am a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief."

"It is of great importance that the people should be informed of the true state of their affairs."