General Propositions Do Not Decide

To Have Doubted One's Own First Principles Is The Mark Of A Civilized Man.

Fame Is The Scentless Sunflower, With Gaudy Crown Of Gold; But Friendship Is The Rose, With Sweets In Every Fold.

Most People Have Died Before They Expire; Died To All Earthly Longings, So That The Last Breath Is Only, As It Were, The Locking Of The Door Of The Already Deserted Mansion.

But When Men Have Realized That Time Has Upset Many Fighting Faiths, They May Come To Believe...that The Best Test Of Truth Is The Power Of The Thought To Get Itself Accepted In The Competition Of The Market... That At Any Rate Is The Theory Of Our Constitution.

Society Is Always Trying In Some Way To Grind Us Down To A Single Flat Surface.