We No Longer Love Our

The Governments Of The Great States Have Two Instruments For Keeping The People Dependent, In Fear And Obedience: A Coarser, The Army; And A More Refined, The School.

We Laugh At A Man Who, Stepping Out Of His Room At The Very Minute When The Sun Is Rising, Says, “it Is My Will That The Sun Shall Rise”; Or At Him Who, Unable To Stop A Wheel, Says, “i Wish It To Roll”; Or, Again, At Him Who, Thrown In A Wrestling Match, Says, “here I Lie, But Here I Wish To Lie.” But, Joking Apart, Do We Not Act Like One Of These Three Persons Whenever We Use The Expression “i Wish”?

Well-meaning, Helpful, Good-natured Attitudes Of Mind Have Not Come To Be Honored On Account Of Their Usefulness, But Because They Are States Of Richer Souls That Are Capable Of Bestowing And Have Their Value In The Feeling Of The Plenitude Of Life.

In His Lonely Solitude, The Solitary Man Feeds Upon Himself; In The Thronging Multitude, The Many Feed Upon Him. Now Choose.

Probability But No Truth, Facility But No Freedom--it Is Owing To These Two Fruits That The Tree Of Knowledge Cannot Be Confused With The Tree Of Life.