Pessimism Is The One Ism Which Kills

You Think That A Wall As Solid As The Earth Separates Civilization From Barbarism. I Tell You The Division Is A Thread, A Sheet Of Glass. A Touch Here, A Push There, And You Bring Back The Reign Of Saturn.

That Is The Supreme Value Of History. The Study Of It Is The Best Guarantee Against Repeating It.

Civilisation Needs More Than The Law To Hold It Together. You See, All Mankind Are Not Equally Willing To Accept As Divine Justice What Is Called Human Law.

Fortunately For Mankind The Brain In A Life Of Action Turns More To The Matter In Hand Than To Conjuring Up The Chances Of The Future.

Any Large-scale Organization Must Lose Some Of The Merits Of Its Rudimentary Beginnings. Quantity Will Have A Coarsening Effect On Quality.