The American experience stirred mankind from discovery to exploration. From the cautious quest for what they knew (or thought they... knew) was out there, into an enthusiastic reaching to the unknown. These are two substantially different kinds of human enterprise.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
One of the most significant effects of age-segregation in our society has been the isolation of children from the world of work. W...hereas in the past children not only saw what their parents did for a living but even shared substantially in the task, many children nowadays have only a vague notion of the nature of the parent's job, and have had little or no opportunity to observe the parent, or for that matter any other adult, when he is fully engaged in his work.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a litt...le more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In Sumter and other counties [in South Carolina] the whites are resorting to intimidation and violence to prevent the colored peop...le from organizing for the elections. The division there is still on the color line. Substantially all the whites are Democrats and all the colored people are Republicans. There is no political principle in dispute between them. The whites have the intelligence, the property, and the courage which make power. The negroes are for the most part ignorant, poor, and timid. My view is that the whites must be divided there before a better state of things will prevail.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially ...concentrated.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I believe from what I have lately seen that we should be substantially safe were our Citizens Armed, but we have not as many Arms ...as we have Enemies in the State.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »