The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
We must raise the salaries of our operators or they will all be taken from us, that is, all that are good for anything. You will recollect that, at the first meeting of the Board of Directors, I took the… — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
“My creed on the subject of slavery is short. Slavery per se is not sin. It is a social condition ordained from the beginning… — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
I have no wish to be remembered as a painter, for I never was a painter; my idea of that profession was perhaps too… — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
Painting has been a smiling mistress to many, but she has been a cruel jilt to me; I did not abandon her, she abandoned… — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be… — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
Education without religion is in danger of substituting wild theories for the simple commonsense rules of Christianity. — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
The Jesuits…are a secret society – a sort of Masonic order – with superadded features of revolting odiousness, and a thousand times more dangerous. — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price. My price for profiles… — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a… — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
We must raise the salaries of our operators or they will all be taken from us, that is, all that are good for anything.… — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
Alas, the very name of picture produces a sadness of heart I cannot describe. — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
