There Was A Time When

The World Is Quite Right. It Does Not Have To Be Consistent.

Said I, In Scorn All Burning Hot,in Rage And Anger High,"you Ignominious Idiot,those Wings Are Made To Fly!

It Is Not For Nothing That A Man's Best Friends Sigh When He Marries, Especially If He Is A Man Of Genius.

In Great Cities Where People Of Ability Abound, There Is Always A Feverish Urge To Keep Ahead, To Set The Pace, To Adopt Each New Fashion In Thought And Theory As Well As In Dress - Or Undress.

If Only Religion Could Be Brought To Take An Interest In This Earthly Future, What A Help It Would Be! ... Think Of The Appeal To The Less Spiritual Of Us, To Those Who Never Did Get Enthusiastic About Eternity, Or Care So Tenderly About Their Own Souls, Yet Who Could Rise To The Thought Of Improving This World For The Children They Love, And Their Children After Them.