Henry Ward Beecher ( 9 of 89 )
A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. He that read more
A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. He that invents a machine augments the power of man and the well-being of mankind.
The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
There are many persons who look on Sunday as a sponge to wipe out the sins of the week
There are many persons who look on Sunday as a sponge to wipe out the sins of the week
A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes to you dark as a read more
A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes to you dark as a hazel-eye, but changes to a golden bronze as you temper it with cream that never cheated, but was real cream from its birth, thick, tenderly yellow, perfectly sweet, neither lumpy nor frothing on the Java: such a cup of coffee is a match for twenty blue devils and will exorcise them all.
In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.
In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.
Theology is a science of mind applied to God.
Theology is a science of mind applied to God.
A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he read more
A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind.
Indeed, unless a man can link his written thoughts with the
everlasting wants of men, so that they shall read more
Indeed, unless a man can link his written thoughts with the
everlasting wants of men, so that they shall draw more from them
as wells, there is no more immortality to the thoughts and
feelings of the soul than to the muscles and bones.
