To grant woman an equality with man in the affairs of life is contrary to every tradition, every precedent, every inheritance, eve...ry instinct and every teaching. The acceptance of this idea is possible only to those of especially progressive tendencies and a strong sense of justice, and it is yet too soon to expect these from the majority.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
They were two strong men, these oddly different generals, and they represented the strengths of two conflicting currents that, thr...ough them, had come into final collision. Back of Robert E. Lee was the notion that the old aristocratic concept might somehow survive and be dominant in American life. Lee was tidewater Virginia, and in his background were family, culture, and tradition.... Grant, the son of a tanner on the Western frontier, was everything Lee was not. He had come up the hard way and embodied nothing in particular except the eternal toughness and sinewy fiber of the men who grew up beyond the mountains. He was one of a body of men who owed reverence and obeisance to no one, who were self-reliant to a fault, who cared hardly anything for the past but who had a sharp eye for the future.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I can never suppose this country so far lost to all ideas of self-importance as to be willing to grant America independence; if th...at could ever be adopted I shall despair of this country being ever preserved from a state of inferiority and consequently falling into a very low class among the European States.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In the full enjoyment of the gifts of Heaven and the fruits of superior industry, economy, and virtue, every man is entitled to pr...otection by law; but when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society--the farmers, mechanics, and laborers--who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime;... An age that melts with unperceived decay, And glides in modest Innocence away;LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
God grant we may not have a European war thrust upon us, and for such a stupid reason too, no I don't mean stupid, but to have to ...go to war on account of tiresome Servia beggars belief.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I am told that today rather more than 60 per cent of the men who go to university go on a Government grant. This is a new class th...at has entered upon the scene. It is the white-collar proletariat.... They do not go to university to acquire culture but to get a job, and when they have got one, scamp it. They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious.... They are scum.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string,... Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek;LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Not necessity, not desire--no, the love of power is the demon of mankind. Grant them everything, health, food, housing, entertainm...ent--they are and remain unhappy and anxious: for the demon waits and waits, and wants to be satisfied.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »