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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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.

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...