I separate, therefore, the gold from the dross; restore to him
the former, and leave the latter to the stupidity of some, and roguery
of others of his disciples. Of this band of dupes and impostors, Paul
was the great Coryphaeus, and first corrupter of the doctrines of Jesus.
These palpable interpolations and falsifications of his doctrines led me
to try to sift them apart. I found the work obvious and easy, and that
his part composed the most beautiful morsel of morality which has been
given to us by man. The syllabus is therefore of his doctrine, not
all of mine: I read them as I do those of other ancient and modern
moralists, with a mixture of approbation and dissent.
I rejoice, with you, to see an encouraging spirit of internal
improvement prevailing in the States. The opinion I have ever expressed
of the advantages of a western communication through the James River, I
still entertain; and that the Cayuga is the most promising of the links
of communication.
The history of our University you know so far. Seven of the ten
pavilions destined for the Professors, and about thirty dormitories,
will be completed this year, and three others, with six hotels for
boarding, and seventy other dormitories, will be completed the next
year, and the whole be in readiness then to receive those who are to
occupy them. But means to bring these into place, and to set the machine
into motion, must come from the legislature.
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