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Great Men Are Almost Always Bad Men, Even When They Exercise Influence And Not Authority...

Monarchy Hardens Into Despotism. Aristocracy Contracts Into Oligarchy. Democracy Expands Into The Supremacy Of Numbers.

It Is They [men Of Science] Who Hold The Secret Of The Mysterious Property Of The Mind By Which Error Ministers To Truth, And Truth Slowly But Irrevocably Prevails. Theirs Is The Logic Of Discovery, The Demonstration Of The Advance Of Knowledge And The Development Of Ideas, Which As The Earthly Wants And Passions Of Men Remain Almost Unchanged, Are The Charter Of Progress, And The Vital Spark In History.

The Common Vice Of Democracy Is Disregard For Morality.

The Passion For Power Over Others Can Never Cease To Threaten Mankind, And Is Always Sure Of Finding New And Unforseen Allies In Continuing Its Martyrology.