Any Schoolboy Could See That Man As

A Period Of About Twelve Years Measured The Beat Of The Pendulum. After The Declaration Of Independence, Twelve Years Had Been Needed To Create An Efficient Constitution; Another Twelve Years Of Energy Brought A Reaction Against The Government Then Created; A Third Period Of Twelve Years Was Ending In A Sweep Toward Still Greater Energy; And Already A Child Could Calculate The Result Of A Few More Such Returns.

Practical Politics Consists In Ignoring Facts.

My Belief Is That Science Is To Wreck Us, And That We Are Like Monkeys Monkeying With A Loaded Shell; We Don't In The Least Know Or Care Where Our Practically Infinite Energies Come From Or Will Bring Us To.

It Is Always Good Men Who Do The Most Harm In The World.

Morality Is A Private And Costly Luxury.