A Classic Is A Book That Doesn't

Perhaps The Most Extraordinary Characteristic Of Current America Is The Attempt To Reduce Life To Buying And Selling. Life Is Not Love Unless Love Is Sex And Bought And Sold. Life Is Not Knowledge Save Knowledge Of Technique, Of Science For Destruction. Life Is Not Beauty Except Beauty For Sale. Life Is Not Art Unless Its Price Is High And It Is Sold For Profit. All Life Is Production For Profit, And For What Is Profit But For Buying And Selling Again?

Lord, Make Us Mindful Of The Little Things That Grow And Blossom In These Days To Make The World Beautiful For Us.

Histories Of The World Omitted China; If A Chinaman Invented Compass Or Movable Type Or Gunpowder We Promptly "forgot It" And Named Their European Inventors. In Short, We Regarded China As A Sort Of Different And Quite Inconsequential Planet.

If There Is Anybody In This Land Who Thoroughly Believes That The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth They Have Not Often Let Their Presence Be Known.

Honest And Earnest Criticism From Those Whose Interests Are Most Nearly Touched,- Criticism Of Writers By Readers, Of Government By Those Governed, Of Leaders By Those Led, - This Is The Soul Of Democracy And The Safeguard Of Modern Society