That we can come here today and in the presence of thousands and tens of thousands of the survivors of the gallant army of Norther...n Virginia and their descendants, establish such an enduring monument by their hospitable welcome and acclaim, is conclusive proof of the uniting of the sections, and a universal confession that all that was done was well done, that the battle had to be fought, that the sections had to be tried, but that in the end, the result has inured to the common benefit of all.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Sculpture and painting are very justly called liberal arts; a lively and strong imagination, together with a just observation, bei...ng absolutely necessary to excel in either; which, in my opinion, is by no means the case of music, though called a liberal art, and now in Italy placed even above the other two--a proof of the decline of that country.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lowered demands of public... opinion upon the purity of critical judgment.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The fact that several men were able to become infatuated with that latrine is truly the proof of the decline of the men of this ce...ntury.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What is the use of aesthetics if they can neither teach how to produce beauty nor how to appreciate it in good taste? It exists be...cause it behooves rational human beings to provide reasons for their actions and assessments. Even if aesthetics are not the mathematics of beauty, they are the proof of the calculation.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If any proof were needed of the progress of the cause for which I have worked, it is here tonight. The presence on the stage of th...ese college women, and in the audience of all those college girls who will some day be the nation's greatest strength, will tell their own story to the world.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In the life of the human spirit, words are action, much more so than many of us may realize who live in countries where freedom of... expression is taken for granted. The leaders of totalitarian nations understand this very well. The proof is that words are precisely the action for which dissidents in those countries are being persecuted.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... when the Spaniards persecuted heretics they may have been crude, but they were not being unreasonable or unpractical. They wer...e at least wiser than the people of to-day who pretend that it does not matter what a man believes, as who should say that the flavour and digestibility of a pudding will have nothing to do with its ingredients.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If death, said my father, reasoning with himself, is nothing but the separation of the soul from the body;--and if it is true that... people can walk about and do their business without brains,--then certes the soul does not inhabit there. Q.E.D.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The white man regards the universe as a gigantic machine hurtling through time and space to its final destruction: individuals in ...it are but tiny organisms with private lives that lead to private deaths: personal power, success and fame are the absolute measures of values, the things to live for. This outlook on life divides the universe into a host of individual little entities which cannot help being in constant conflict thereby hastening the approach of the hour of their final destruction.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »