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The race could save one-half its wasted labor Would each reform himself and spare his neighbor.
The race could save one-half its wasted labor Would each reform himself and spare his neighbor.
 The oyster-women lock'd their fish up,
 And trudged away to cry, No Bishop.  
 The oyster-women lock'd their fish up,
 And trudged away to cry, No Bishop. 
 The Bolshevists would blow up the fabric with high explosive, 
with horror. Others would pull down with the crowbars read more 
 The Bolshevists would blow up the fabric with high explosive, 
with horror. Others would pull down with the crowbars and with 
cranks--especially with cranks. . . . Sweating, slums, the sense 
of semi-slavery in labour, must go. We must cultivate a sense of 
manhood by treating men as men. 
All reformers are bachelors.
All reformers are bachelors.
A reformer is a man who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.
A reformer is a man who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.
The hole and the patch should be commensurate.
The hole and the patch should be commensurate.
To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother.
To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother.
Every reform needs examples more than advocates
Every reform needs examples more than advocates
Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess which will itself need reforming.
Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess which will itself need reforming.