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The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence enough to upset Darwin
The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence enough to upset Darwin
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself
In peace, competition had become difficult, until the British ship owner cried for war; yet he already felt, without acknowledging read more
In peace, competition had become difficult, until the British ship owner cried for war; yet he already felt, without acknowledging it even to himself, that in war he was likely to enjoy little profit or pleasure on the day when the long, low, black hull of the Yankee privateer, with her tapering, bending spars, her long-range guns, and her sharp-faced captain, should appear on the western horizon, and suddenly, at the sight of heavy-lumbering British merchantman, should fling out her white wings of canvas, and fly down on her prey.
Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains read more
Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists.
A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order read more
A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt.
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
To marry unequally is to suffer equally.
To marry unequally is to suffer equally.
Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.
Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.
Morality is a private and costly luxury.
Morality is a private and costly luxury.
Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
