This what Henry Grady Weaver had to say about the Decalogue: 
 The Ten Commandments 
 Finally, as a last resort, Moses reduced the teachings of Abraham to a written code of moral law. Known as the "Ten Commandments," it stands today as the first and greatest document of individual freedom in the recorded history of man. Each of the Ten Commandments is addressed to the individual as a self-controlling person responsible for his own thoughts, words, and acts. And each of them recognizes liberty and freedom as inherent in the nature of man. 
 The first commandment tells the individual to reject pagan gods and recognize his own worth as a human being, subject to no power but that of the Creator and Judge. 
 The second tells the individual to form no image of abstract rightness, but to direct his reverence toward the divine in truth. 
 The third tells the individual not to speak frivolously of the Creator and Judge. Knowledge of fundamental truth - cause and effect - is of first importance and should be taken very seriously. 
 The fourth tells the individual to devote some time (one day out of seven) to reflection on the eternal verities. 
 The fifth recognizes the family as the primary human relationship and establishes the parent's authority over the child as the only authority which a child should accept for his own profit. 
 The sixth stresses the sanctity of human life -the individual's right to live, which is a right that must not be violated by any other person. 
 The seventh establishes the principle of contract - the inviolability of promises given by persons to each other - and the double sanctity of the marriage contract, which is the basis of the family. 
 The eighth recognizes the individual's right to own property. 
 The ninth recognizes free speech - the individual's control over his own utterances and his responsibility for their truth. 
 The tenth emphasizes again the right of ownership. 
 Not even in thought should a person violate the property rights of another. 
 The Decalogue of Moses is one of the most amazing statements of truth ever written, but it was too revolutionary to find acceptance in the pagan world of his time; the ancient Israelites wanted a king rather than a code of personal conduct. 
 He also included a charming footnote about the origin of the first name of Laura Ingalls Wilder's husband, which was Almonzo: 
 *One of the returning Crusaders -an Englishman named Wilder, whose life had been chivalrously saved by an Arab foe -decreed that the name of his rescuer should be carried down through each succeeding generation of the Wilder family. Thus it is that Rose Wilder Lane's father bore the name Almanzo - the original was probably El Manzoor. I got this story, not from Mrs. Lane, but from one of the delightful children's books written by her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder; and I suspect that the daughter's deep interest in the Saracens stems from the family tradition.