All progress is experimental.

Quote by John Jay Chapman

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Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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.

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...

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...

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

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...

Too much agreement kills the chat.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

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...

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...

Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of...

Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of...

Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and...

Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and...

There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and...

There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and...

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.