“What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable than that of liberty and learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?”
Letter to W. T. Barry, August 4, 1822 (Madison, 1865, III, page 279); a similar quote is in Letter to Elliott Cressen — for his album. April 23, 1829 (Madison, 1865, IV, page 38)

Artist: Sang Y. Yoon, Department of Art and Art History, James Madison University.
The original illustration and one other were commissioned by Randy Mitchell, Associate Vice President, Student Success Programs, James Madison University, and can be seen at the University's Student Success Center.