The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago, had they happened to be within reach of predatory human hands.

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All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of...

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of...

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it...

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it...

The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal...

The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal...

At the present day the crude theory of the sexual impulse held on one side,...

At the present day the crude theory of the sexual impulse held on one side,...

So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful...

So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful...

Birth-control is effecting, and promising to effect, many functions in our social life.

Birth-control is effecting, and promising to effect, many functions in our social life.

The world's greatest thinkers have often been amateurs; for high thinking is the outcome of...

The world's greatest thinkers have often been amateurs; for high thinking is the outcome of...

Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life

Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life

In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a...

In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a...

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that...

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that...

Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself.

Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself.

In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the...

In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the...

The by-product is sometimes more valuable than the product.

The by-product is sometimes more valuable than the product.

Socialism also brings us up against the hard rock of eugenic fact which, if we...

Socialism also brings us up against the hard rock of eugenic fact which, if we...

Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and...

Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and...

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive.

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it...

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it...

At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up...

At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up...

Does age matter? Time doesn't matter.

Does age matter? Time doesn't matter.

Oh! all of you poor single men, Don't ever give up in despair, For there's...

Oh! all of you poor single men, Don't ever give up in despair, For there's...

I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like...

I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like...