Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it

Quote by Howard Mumford Jones

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I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight...

I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight...

Emerson was the chief figure in the American transcendental movement, a fact that complicates all...

Emerson was the chief figure in the American transcendental movement, a fact that complicates all...

Except to heaven, she is nought; Except for angels, lone; Except to some wide-wandering bee,...

Except to heaven, she is nought; Except for angels, lone; Except to some wide-wandering bee,...

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism...

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism...

Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit.

Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit.

When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and...

When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and...

Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men...

Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men...

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a...

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a...

Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is...

Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is...

Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere.

Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere.

Every schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow...

Every schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow...

The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old...

The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old...

Youth has no age.

Youth has no age.

Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I...

Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I...

One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give...

One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give...

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from...

The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from...

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything...

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything...

Must then Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no...

Must then Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no...

When I came to Los Angeles, it was the first time that I ever felt...

When I came to Los Angeles, it was the first time that I ever felt...