"I have been called of God to lay the foundation of a great work."

"I have done more than any man living to destroy the power of the devil."

"I am a rough stone, and the sound of the hammer and chisel are continually upon me."

"God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens!"

"I combat the errors of ages; I meet the violence of mobs; I cope with illegal proceedings from executive authority; I cut the Gordian knot of powers, and I solve mathematical problems of universities,…"