All Progress Is Experimental.

The Fact That A Man Is To Vote Forces Him To Think. You May Preach To A Congregation By The Year And Not Affect Its Thought Because It Is Not Called Upon For Definite Action. But Throw Your Subject Into A Campaign And It Becomes A Challenge.

A Magazine Or A Newspaper Is A Shop. Each Is An Experiment And Represents A New Focus, A New Ratio Between Commerce And Intellect.

Benevolence Alone Will Not Make A Teacher, Nor Will Learning Alone Do It. The Gift Of Teaching Is A Peculiar Talent, And Implies A Need And A Craving In The Teacher Himself.

The Short Lesson That Comes Out Of Long Experience In Political Agitation Is Something Like This: All The Motive Power In All Of These Movements Is The Instinct Of Religious Feeling. All The Obstruction Comes From Attempting To Rely On Anything Else. Conciliation Is The Enemy.

The Reason For The Slow Progress Of The World Seems To Lie In A Single Fact. Every Man Is Born Under The Yoke, And Grows Up Beneath The Oppressions Of His Age.