Every Age Has Its Temptations, Its Weaknesses,

The Progress Of Society Is Mainly The Improvement In The Condition Of The Workingmen Of The World.

The Gloomy Theology Of The Orthodox--the Calvinists--i Do Not, I Cannot Believe. Many Of The Notions--nay, Most Of The Notions--which Orthodox People Have Of The Divinity Of The Bible, I Disbelieve. I Am So Nearly Infidel In All My Views, That Too, In Spite Of My Wishes, That None But The Most Liberal Doctrines Can Command My Assent.

Virtue Is Defined To Be Mediocrity, Of Which Either Extreme Is Vice.

No Political Party Can Ever Make Prohibition Effective. A Political Party Implies An Adverse, An Opposing, Political Party. To Enforce Criminal Statutes Implies Substantial Unanimity In The Community. This Is The Result Of The Jury System. Hence The Futility Of Party Prohibition.

We Are In A Period When Old Questions Are Settled And The New Are Not Yet Brought Forward. Extreme Party Action, If Continued In Such A Time, Would Ruin The Party. Moderation Is Its Only Chance. The Party Out Of Power Gains By All Partisan Conduct Of Those In Power