It would not be long ere the whole surface of this country would be channelled for those nerves which are to diffuse, with the speed of thought, a knowledge of all that is occurring throughout the land, making, in fact,… — 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
