Ideas Control The World.

To All Our Means Of Culture Is Added The Powerful Incentive To Personal Ambition, No Post Of Honor Is So High But The Poorest May Hope To Reach It.

I Admitted, That The World Had Existed Millions Of Years. I Am Astonished At The Ignorance Of The Masses On These Subjects. Hugh Miller Has It Right When He Says That 'the Battle Of Evidences Must Now Be Fought On The Field Of The Natural Sciences.'

The Men Who Succeed Best In Public Life Are Those Who Take The Risk Of Standing By Their Own Convictions.

For Honest Merit To Succeed Amid The Tricks And Intrigues Which Are Now So Lamentably Common, I Know Is Difficult; But The Honor Of Success Is Increased By The Obstacles Which Are To Be Surmounted. Let Me Triumph As A Man Or Not At All.

Now More Than Ever The People Are Responsible For The Character Of Their Congress. If That Body Be Ignorant, Reckless, And Corrupt, It Is Because The People Tolerate Ignorance, Recklessness, And Corruption. If It Be Intelligent, Brave, And Pure, It Is Because The People Demand These High Qualities To Represent Them In The National Legislature. . . . If The Next Centennial Does Not Find Us A Great Nation . . . It Will Be Because Those Who Represent The Enterprise, The Culture, And The Morality Of The Nation Do Not Aid In Controlling The Political Forces.