All progress is experimental.

Quote by John Jay Chapman

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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...

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...

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.

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

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...

A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a...

A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a...

Too much agreement kills the chat.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

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...

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...

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

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...

I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which...

I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which...

If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if...

If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness...

Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness...

A great many things have been pronounced untrue and absurd, and even impossible, by the...

A great many things have been pronounced untrue and absurd, and even impossible, by the...

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is...

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is...

If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.

If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.