[May] the olive of peace and brotherhood be embraced by the white man and the black, and their children, approached in feeling and education, gradual… - Frances Wright

The political dismemberment of these once British colonies from the parent island, though involving a valuable principle, and many possible results, would scarcely merit a yearly commemoration, even in this country, had it not been accompanied by other occurrences more novel, and far more important.

I have wedded the cause of human improvement, staked on it my fortune, my reputation and my life.

Be not afraid! In admitting a creator, refuse not to examine his creation; and take not the assertions of creatures like yourselves, in place of the evidence of your senses and the conviction of your understanding.