Though, probably, no competent geologist would contend that the European classification of strata is applicable to the globe as a whole; yet most, if….

Unlike private enterprise which quickly modifies its actions to meet emergencies - unlike the shopkeeper who promptly finds the wherewith to satisfy ….

Under the natural course of things each citizen tends towards his fittest function. Those who are competent to the kind of work they undertake, succe….

If men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their liberty, are they thereafter any the less slaves? If people by a plebiscite elect a man ….

We too often forget that not only is there 'a soul of goodness in things evil,' but very generally also, a soul of truth in things erroneous..

There is a story of some mountains of salt in Cumana, which never diminished, though carried away in much abundance by merchants; but when once they ….

To have a specific style is to be poor in speech..

In literary art, as in the art of the architect, the painter, the musician, signs that the artist is thinking of his own achievement more than of his….

Religion is the recognition that all things are manifestations of a Power which transcends our knowledge..

Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations..

The most important attribute of man as a moral being is the faculty of self-control..

Much dearer be the things which come through hard distress..

Every pleasure raises the tide of life; every pain lowers the tide of life..

Pervading all nature we may see at work a stern discipline , which is a little cruel that it may be very kind..

Liberty is not the right of one, but of all..

Even the absurdest report may in nearly every instance be traced to an actual occurrence; and had there been no such actual occurrence, this preposte….

For what is meant by saying that a government ought to educate the people? Why should they be educated? What is the education for? Clearly, to fit th….

No place, no company, no age, no person is temptation-free; let no man boast that he was never tempted, let him not be high-minded, but fear, for he ….

Rightness expresses of actions, what straightness does of lines; and there can no more be two kinds of right action than there can be two kinds of st….

The child takes most of his nature of the mother, besides speech, manners, and inclination..

During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art..