With a tear for the dark past, turn we then to the dazzling future, and, veiling our eyes, press forward. The long and weary winter of the race is ended. Its summer has begun. Humanity has burst the chrysalis. The heavens are before it.
The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual. - Edward Bellamy
The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual.
- Edward Bellamy
Competition, which is the instinct of selfishness, is another word for dissipation of energy, while combination is the secret of efficient production. - Edward Bellamy
Competition, which is the instinct of selfishness, is another word for dissipation of energy, while combination is the secret of efficient production.
Equal wealth and equal opportunities of culture have simply made us all members of one class. - Edward Bellamy
Equal wealth and equal opportunities of culture have simply made us all members of one class.
Is a man satisfied, merely because he is perfumed himself, to mingle with a malodorous crowd? - Edward Bellamy
Is a man satisfied, merely because he is perfumed himself, to mingle with a malodorous crowd?
No republic can long exist unless a substantial equality in the wealth of citizens prevails. - Edward Bellamy
No republic can long exist unless a substantial equality in the wealth of citizens prevails.
The nation guarantees the nurture, education, and comfortable maintenance of every citizen from the cradle to the grave. - Edward Bellamy
The nation guarantees the nurture, education, and comfortable maintenance of every citizen from the cradle to the grave.
People nowadays interchange gifts and favors out of friendship, but buying and selling is considered absolutely inconsistent with the mutual benevole… - Edward Bellamy
People nowadays interchange gifts and favors out of friendship, but buying and selling is considered absolutely inconsistent with the mutual benevole…
Looking Backward was written in the belief that the Golden Age lies before us and not behind us. - Edward Bellamy
Looking Backward was written in the belief that the Golden Age lies before us and not behind us.
Hold the period of youth sacred to education, and the period of maturity, when the physical forces begin to flag, equally sacred to ease and agreeabl… - Edward Bellamy
Hold the period of youth sacred to education, and the period of maturity, when the physical forces begin to flag, equally sacred to ease and agreeabl…
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