William Beaumont

“ Yes, Dear Sir, erase and let every impression be obliterated from every mind, of my ever being made a convert to the present system of Federalism! Sooner might they remove the everlasting Hills, than to bribe my integrity, waver my faith, shake my belief or divert my course from the Position of Republicanism while reason holds her empire over the province of my intellects. ”

“ Who at this time, and for some time gone, have been affectionately upbraiding their ungrateful Son for neglecting to comply with their most anxious and reasonable solicitations, will kindly pardon a breach of duty which arises not from want of natural feelings or grateful rememberance—But buried among books and absorb'd by thoughts and reflections, am indifferent to almost every other topic, even to those endearing themes of Paternal love, Maternal affection and Fraternal esteem, which demand the first, the last and the dearest sentiments of my heart. ”

“ My situation affords me a very pleasant life, though it requires my utmost diligence and perserverence in the pursuit of a Medical Profesion of which, sooner or later, I hope to exhibit specimens of proficiency in an art which in this enlightened age of reason and under the modern improvements of Chemistry and Physiology, bids fair to rise with healing on her wings. ”