The Social Self Is Simply Any Idea,

The More Developed Sexual Passion, In Both Sexes, Is Very Largely An Emotion Of Power, Domination, Or Appropriation. There Is No State Of Feeling That Says Mine, Mine, More Fiercely.

By Recognizing A Favorable Opinion Of Yourself, And Taking Pleasure In It, You In A Measure Give Yourself And Your Peace Of Mind Into The Keeping Of Another, Of Whose Attitude You Can Never Be Certain. You Have A New Source Of Doubt And Apprehension.

A Talent Somewhat Above Mediocrity, Shrewd And Not Too Sensitive, Is More Likely To Rise In The World Than Genius.

A Person Of Mature Years And Ripe Development, Who Is Expecting Nothing From Literature But The Corroboration And Renewal Of Past Ideas, May Find Satisfaction In A Lucidity So Complete As To Occasion No Imaginative Excitement, But Young And Ambitious Students Are Not Content With It. They Seek The Excitement Because They Are Capable Of The Growth That It Accompanies.

The Actual God Of Many Americans... Is Simply The Current Of American Life.