Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows, in man after man, generation after generation, - till its full stature is reached, and such System of Thought can grow no farther, but must…

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Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical...

This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical...

We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast...

We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast...

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

A force as of madness in the hands of reason has done all that was...

A force as of madness in the hands of reason has done all that was...

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of...

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of...

The true past departs not, no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or...

The true past departs not, no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or...

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.

A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the...

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the...

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to...

The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to...

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to...

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to...

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom...

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom...

Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time.

Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.

Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.