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To look up and not down,
To look forward and not back,
To look out and not read more
To look up and not down,
To look forward and not back,
To look out and not in--and
To lend a hand.
Those who work most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand least.
Those who work most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand least.
Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like
clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and read more
Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like
clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and set
to true time.
Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first Acts already past,
A fifth shall read more
Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first Acts already past,
A fifth shall close the Drama with the day;
Time's noblest offspring is the last.
That in our proper motion we ascend
Up to our native seat; descent and fall
To give read more
That in our proper motion we ascend
Up to our native seat; descent and fall
To give us is adverse.
What is art
But life upon the larger scale, the higher,
When, graduating up in a spiral read more
What is art
But life upon the larger scale, the higher,
When, graduating up in a spiral line
Of still expanding and ascending gyres,
It pushed toward the intense significance
Of all things, hungry for the Infinite?
Art's life--and where we live, we suffer and toil.
The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.
Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him--therefore, all read more
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him--therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
