The Study Of History Is Useful To

At The Utmost, The Active-minded Young Man Should Ask Of His Teacher Only Mastery Of His Tools. The Young Man Himself, The Subject Of Education, Is A Certain Form Of Energy; The Object To Be Gained Is Economy Of His Force; The Training Is Partly The Clearing Away Of Obstacles, Partly The Direct Application Of Effort. Once Acquired, The Tools And Models May Be Thrown Away.

I Am Not Prepared To Deny Or Assert Any Proposition Which Concerns Myself; But Certainly This Solitary Struggle With Platitudinous Atoms, Called Men And Women By Courtesy, Leads Me To Wish For My Wife Again. How Did I Ever Hit On The Only Woman In The World Who Fits My Cravings And Never Sounds Hollow Anywhere? Social Chemistry-the Mutual Attraction Of Equivalent Human Molecules-is A Science Yet To Be Created, For The Fact Is My Daily Study And Only Satisfaction In Life.

Modern Politics Is, At Bottom, A Struggle Not Of Men But Of Forces.

My Belief Is That Science Is To Wreck Us, And That We Are Like Monkeys Monkeying With A Loaded Shell; We Don't In The Least Know Or Care Where Our Practically Infinite Energies Come From Or Will Bring Us To.

Whenever A Man Reaches The Top Of The Political Ladder, His Enemies Unite To Pull Him Down. His Friends Become Critical And Exacting.