It is not eloquence. It is impossible to account for the creation of the universe without the agency of a Supreme Being. It is impossible to govern the universe without the aid of a Supreme Being. It is impossible to reason without arriving at a Supreme Being.
Religion is as necessary to reason as reason is to religion.
The one cannot exist without the other. No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency. There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Washington L iberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.