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He who allows oppression shares the crime.
He who allows oppression shares the crime.
The tapestry of history has no point at which you can cut it and leave the design intelligible.
The tapestry of history has no point at which you can cut it and leave the design intelligible.
A people is but the attempt of many
To rise to the completer life of one--
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A people is but the attempt of many
To rise to the completer life of one--
And those who live as models for the mass
Are singly of more value than they all.
Cultures contain many cues and inducements to dissuade the individual from approaching ultimate limits, in much the same way that read more
Cultures contain many cues and inducements to dissuade the individual from approaching ultimate limits, in much the same way that a special warning strip of land around the edge of a baseball field lets a player know that he is about to run into a concrete wall when he is preoccupied with catching the ball. The wider that strip of land and the more sensitive the player is to the changing composition of the ground under his feet as he pursues the ball, the more effective the warning. Romanticizing or lionizing as "individualistic" those people who disregard social cues and inducements increases the danger of head-on collisions with inherent social limits. Decrying various forms of social disapproval is in effect narrowing the warning strip.
The 'missing link' between ape and man will probably never be found- because it was an embryo.
The 'missing link' between ape and man will probably never be found- because it was an embryo.
Any good practical philosophy must start out with the recognition of our having a body.
Any good practical philosophy must start out with the recognition of our having a body.
Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.
I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
