On Thanksgiving: The Birth of Freedom, The Pilgrims and Our Founding

“Reason is that wherein man goes before all other earthly creatures and comes after God only.... For whereas God and nature hath furnished other creatures, some with hoofs, others with other instruments, and weapons both defensive and offensive, man is left naked, and destitute of all these, but may comfort himself in that one endowment of reason, and providence, whereby he is able to govern them all.” — Rev. John Robinson, “Of Faith, Hope, and Love, Reason and Sense”