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The State Always Moves Slowly And Grudgingly Towards Any Purpose That Accrues To Society's Advantage, But Moves Rapidly And With Alacrity Towards One That Accrues To Its Own Advantage; Nor Does It Ever Move Towards Social Purposes On Its Own Initiative, But Only Under Heavy Pressure, While Its Motion Towards Anti-social Purposes Is Self-sprung.

The Practical Reason For Freedom Is That Freedom Seems To Be The Only Condition Under Which Any Kind Of Substantial Moral Fiber Can Be Developed - We Have Tried Law, Compulsion And Authoritarianism Of Various Kinds, And The Result Is Nothing To Be Proud Of.

It Is Easier To Seize Wealth Than To Produce It, And As Long As The State Makes The Seizure Of Wealth A Matter Of Legalized Privilege, So Long Will The Squabble For That Privilege Go On.

Concerning Culture As A Process, One Would Say That It Means Learning A Great Many Things And Then Forgetting Them; And The Forgetting Is As Necessary As The Learning.

The Position Of Modern Science, As Far As An Ignorant Man Of Letters Can Understand It, Seems Not A Step In Advance Of That Held By Huxley And Romanes In The Last Century.