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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to...

Society exists for the benefit of its members not the members for the...

The behavior of men to the lower animals and their behavior to each other...

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the...

An argument fatal to the communist theory is suggested by the fact that a...

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which more...

Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and...

Marriage: A word which should be pronounced 'mirage'.

Science is organized knowledge.

When a man's knowledge is not in order the more of it he has the greater...

The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a...

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained most of our...

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown...

The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but...

Government is essentially immoral.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past he is a...

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom and yet it clearly...

Education has for its object the formation of character.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science...

The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is - a change from an...