That is why men of high spirit working to regenerate a fallen people must be more insistent to watch every little defect and weak tendency that in a braver time would leave the soul unruffled.

That is why every difficulty, once it becomes evident, is ripe for settlement.

To evade the issue is to invite disaster.
Resolution alone will save us in our many dangers.

But a plea for policy will be raised to evade a particular and urgent question: "People won't unite on it"; that's one cry.

"Ignorant people will be led astray"; that's another cry.