Human Action Is Governed Largely By Instinct

Probably The Undertaker Thinks Less Of Death Than Almost Any Other Man. He Is So Accustomed To It That His Mind Must Involuntarily Turn From Its Horror To A Contemplation Of How Much He Makes Out Of The Burial.

Ancestors Do Not Mean So Much. The Rebel Who Succeeds Generally Makes It Easier For The Posterity That Follows Him; So These Descendants Are Usually Contented And Smug And Soft. Rebels Are Made From Life, Not Ancestors.

The Best That We Can Do Is To Be Kindly And Helpful Toward Our Friends And Fellow Passengers Who Are Clinging To The Same Speck Of Dirt While We Are Drifting Side By Side To Our Common Doom.

Scopes Isn’t On Trial; Civilization Is On Trial.

The Lowest Standards Of Ethics Of Which A Right-thinking Man Can Possibly Conceive Is Taught To The Common Soldier Whose Trade Is To Shoot His Fellow Men. In Youth He May Have Learned The Command, 'thou Shalt Not Kill,' But The Ruler Takes The Boy Just As He Enters Manhood And Teaches Him That His Highest Duty Is To Shoot A Bullet Through His Neighbor's Heart - And This, Unmoved By Passion Or Feeling Or Hatred, And Without The Least Regard To Right Or Wrong, But Simply Because His Ruler Gives The Word.