[…] and I will so exhibit its very words as that the reader, even if no Grecian, may understand the point in litigation.

Every concept admitted in geometry is either a primitive concept, or else is obtained by a definition in terms of the primitive concepts.

Which when his german saw, the stony feare / Ran to his hart, and all his sence dismayd […]

The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they found implicit in the Bible's teachings of the inherent worth and dignity of each individual.