in the United States Congress
from the 1st Congressional District of Massachusetts
.
Ames was born in Dedham, Massachusetts
. His father, a physician, died when Fisher was but six years old, but his mother resolved, in spite of her limited income, to give the boy a classical education. At the age of six he began the study of Latin, and at the age of twelve, he was sent to Harvard College
graduating in 1774 when he began work as a teacher.
The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.
The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness, which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be, liberty.
The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people. Freedom of the press, too.
Why then, if these books for children must be retained, as they will be, should not the bible regain the place it once held as a school book ? Its morals are pure, its examples captivating and noble. The reverence for the sacred book, that is thus early impressed, lasts long ; and, probably, if not impressed in infancy, never takes firm hold of the mind.