The Great End Of Life Is Not

Though Under-instruction Is A Bad Thing, It Is Not Impossible That Over-instruction May Be Worse.

The Doctrine That All Men Are, In Any Sense, Or Have Been, At Any Time, Free And Equal, Is An Utterly Baseless Fiction.

Matter And Force Are The Two Names Of The One Artist Who Fashions The Living As Well As The Lifeless.

I Would Rather Be The Offspring Of Two Apes Than Be A Man And Afraid To Face The Truth.

To A Person Uninstructed In Natural History, His Country Or Sea-side Stroll Is A Walk Through A Gallery Filled With Wonderful Works Of Art, Nine-tenths Of Which Have Their Faces Turned To The Wall. Teach Him Something Of Natural History, And You Place In His Hands A Catalogue Of Those Which Are Worth Turning Around. Surely Our Innocent Pleasures Are Not So Abundant In This Life, That We Can Afford To Despise This Or Any Other Source Of Them.