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 My desolation does begin to make
 A better life.  
 My desolation does begin to make
 A better life. 
The hole and the patch should be commensurate.
The hole and the patch should be commensurate.
One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be read more
One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.
A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
 Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their 
reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. read more 
 Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their 
reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. 
Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or 
nothing in the world's estimation. 
Every reformation must have its victims. You can't expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over read more
Every reformation must have its victims. You can't expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal's return.
 Grant that the old Adam in these persons may be so buried, that 
the new man may be raised read more 
 Grant that the old Adam in these persons may be so buried, that 
the new man may be raised up in them. 
 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.