All progress is experimental.

Quote by John Jay Chapman

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There are lots of people who can't think seriously without injuring their brains

There are lots of people who can't think seriously without injuring their brains

Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried...

Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried...

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single...

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single...

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a...

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a...

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning...

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning...

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our...

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our...

It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.

It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.

The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking...

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking...

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We...

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We...

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics...

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics...

REPRESENTATIVE, n. In national politics, a member of the Lower House in this world, and...

REPRESENTATIVE, n. In national politics, a member of the Lower House in this world, and...

The newly passive George Bush has become something of an embarrassment.

The newly passive George Bush has become something of an embarrassment.

Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give...

Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give...